I sadly was not able to go see John Freyer's Lunchtime lecture, but through the recorded video I was able to experience and enjoy his talk. I think his work dealing with addiction and recovery is really interesting and a new idea that has changed and is changing modern art and our conception of art, especially social practice art. I had never heard of his art which is surprising given the relative attention he has gotten for these pieces. On his website, he connects his free ice water, free hot coffee, and free hot supper (the three parts of his 50/50 program) to Thoreau's quote about three chairs, "three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." I think this idea is really interesting and the way he's gone about making his art is a unique path to see. By involving the community, his message is able to spread and I think has a greater impact. The idea of getting people to talk to each other is not revolutionary, but presenting it in this kind of format is something I haven't seen before. I would love to read more about his "All my life for sale" project, because it sounds really interesting.
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