uses digital technologies to produce place-based virtual reality installations made up of projected interactive environments that lead the audience from global satellite images to immersive, user navigated scenes on the ground. His public art installations really caught my eye, you’ll get what I mean, pun and no pun intended when you view the big brother type pieces he did in Florida Dominion 1.0 and 2.0. His reality installations are pretty ingenious as well. He just did one in Belfast Ireland in August.
Imaging Belfast, Day One, City Center
August 11, 2009 by johncraigfreeman
The opening of the ISEA Exhibition went well. I spent some time and many pints of Guinness with Mark Skwarek, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Brad Todd, and Kuaishen Auson at the Duke of York. The currency exchange rate is steady at £ 3.10 to the pint. As the smoke settles from the activity surrounding the opening, I have begun to turn my attention to Imaging Belfast. Yesterday I took the camera out for the first time to explore wether or not the new Castle Court shopping mall constitutes an extension of the peace line into the city center, as I suspect.
Youtube video click here: Imaging Belfast
His blog is http://institute.emerson.edu/vma/faculty/john_craig_freeman/public_art/public_art.html and his website is http://johncraigfreeman.wordpress.com/