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5/6/2019 0 Comments Experience: John FreyerThis quarter's Lunch Lecture featured John Freyer and his Free Coffee and Free Ice Water projects. He works at VCU, and is currently a big part of the Rams in Recovery Project. During the lecture, he talked about how he explores the role of everyday objects and their circulation in his art. He considers himself a social practice artist and focuses on the advocacy component. He often thinks about the question of conceptual art and how it applies to social practice art--like in Duchamp's work. This has caused conflicts of understanding between him and his audience, and is a reason why he has trouble coming up with creative names for his works, but I think the opposite is true-- while he is not referring to his art by labelling it as such, his plain and simple names could appeal to more general audiences like is his purpose in the Rams In Recovery programs.
Similarly, through his work in the Rams In Recovery programs, he is able to relate with his community both through his art and due to personal experience. The part of his projects that emphasized giving back to the community was something that struck me about his work, and reminded me of what we have discussed in class regarding the nature of social practice art, and of what benefit it actually is to the community, especially when the work is removed. Overall I appreciated getting to see the work of a Richmond-er and how the art world works, at least in a more local perspective. Although I still have some trouble seeing the difference (or perhaps tie) between social practice "art" and just social practice, I have no problem letting it slide because I know it can be critiqued in some way and appreciated by the greater population. Similarly to my previous awareness post, Freyer's work ties everyday activities/objects to a real world problem as a means to solve the problem beginning by looking at smaller examples. Although I am not sure as to whether my art will take this type of a turn anytime soon, I did appreciate Freyer coming in to talk to us.
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