John D. Freyer is an American artist who teaches Photography & Film at Virginia Commonwealth University.[1][2]

Projects

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In 2002, Freyer auctioned everything he owned for $6000 on eBay.[3][4]

Audio

Audio Postcards (2004–2005) was produced for National Public Radio and included such postcards as "On the Spin Cycle for Iowa's Ragbrai Race", "Iowa City Auction", and "Driven to Demolish".

Film and video

Second Hand Stories (2003) was a travel collaboration with Christopher Wilcha of interviewing collectors, sellers, and bystanders of bought and sold objects.

Photography

Opening the Flatpack, co-organized by Freyer and anthropologist Johan Lindquist (Stockholm University) in collaboration with design and architecture firm Uglycute, investigated and developed methods for approaching IKEA's Billy bookcase as a site of conceptual concern.

Sculpture

Walm-Art (2005) was a fully functional "museum store" inside an art gallery that sold objects from a local Walmart.

Publications

Personal life

As of 2018, Freyer was married to Sasha Waters Freyer and they have two children.[6]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ https://arts.vcu.edu/community/vcuarts-faculty-and-staff/directory/john-freyer/
  2. ^ Mirapaul, Matthew (5 February 2001). "ARTS ONLINE; A Market for Flotsam and Jetsam as Performance Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  3. ^ Garfield, Simon (8 December 2002). "The man who sold his life for $6,000". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  4. ^ "Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints". Reuters. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. ^ "Everything Must Go! A Life to the Highest Bidder". The New York Observer. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  6. ^ "Personality: John D. Freyer". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  7. ^ https://everson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Aftermarket_Lessons.pdf

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