Frédéric Bousquet, sculptor

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Silent and Sound Sculptures

The fundamental character of Frédéric Bousquet's works is based on the use of noble, manufactured and contemporary materials (stainless steels, titanium, glass, composite fibres, etc.) to produce mechanical assemblies. Their manufacture is based on manual know-how and industrial mechanical production, for which Frédéric Bousquet has been trained.

In addition to the static parts, the interest of his work lies in the mechanical interactivity that the works suggest to the public. Through a number of transmission systems (crosses, eccentrics, gears, etc.), it is the public that sets the sculpture or generators in rotation, creating the excitation of the system, the dynamics, the volumes (sort of solid holograms) and the possible generation of sound signals.

Pulsars

The PULSARS family comes from a research conducted since 2000 on the rotation of generators and/or deformable bodies. The movement is then generated by the action of the public or natural elements. These kinematics, sometimes with sound (sound sculpture), mainly exhibit a kind of amulet in an abstract geometric universe.

Exhibitions

• Group exhibitions ["Superpositions", with Christophe Saulnier, Maison Consulaire, Ville de Mende (2011)]
• Solo exhibitions ["Sound sculptures", Musée Denys Puech, Ville de Rodez (2012-2013)]

Works and reference projects

• "Divine Keys, Sound Masks" with the help of the City of Rodez, Musée Denys Puech (2012)
• "BaXen" Vaulx-en-Velin (2012)
• "Ikaros" Palais de la Découverte Paris (2011)
• "Study on the equipment of the Viaduct service areas", Millau (2004)

State commissions

• "ArtSénal" Sénat Paris, ["L'enfant et les sortilèges", Creation of a sound structure ArtSénal, curator Mrs Lydie ARICKS, Show "L'enfant et les sortilèges", Collectif Mixed'Arts, Sénat (2001)].
• Commissioned by the Limousin region ["Violin and Dragon", Creation of a hydraulic and automated sound Dragon in metal structure (height 17 m), Partnership between the Ensemble HOPE and professional high schools (1999-2003)].