John Craig Freeman

In a 2012 interview, Freeman stated, "My work seeks to expand the notion of public by exploring how digital networked technology is transforming our sense of place.

Locations where this work has been done include Beijing; Taipei, Taiwan; São Paulo, Brazil; the U.S./Mexico border; the Miami River; Lowell, Massachusetts; Kaliningrad, Russia; Warsaw, Poland; and Belfast, among others.

"[6] Freeman worked on the Imaging Place: Miami River project as part of an interdisciplinary, collaborative group called the Florida Research Ensemble.

Built for smartphone mobile devices, this project allows people to visualize the scope of the loss of life by marking each location where human remains have been recovered with a virtual object or augmentation.

The application uses geolocation software to superimpose individual augments at the precise GPS coordinates of each recorded death, enabling the public to see the objects integrated into the physical location as if they existed in the real world.

Each of four virtual orators displays a black and white animation from a contemporary mass uprising: Tank Man near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989; the assassination of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was gunned down in the streets of Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests; scenes from Tahrir Square in Cairo during the 2011 Arab Spring; and the 2011 Occupy Wall Street uprising.

The stands call up both the resurgence and nostalgia of current worldwide political idealism as they re-imagine the museum plaza in the function of the public square.

It uses augmented reality and photogrammetry technologies to display 3D models of Zurich’s old town and the historic ″Augustinergasse.″ MetroNeX+ is presented by ETH Zurichhttps, Digital Art Week International, and Virtuale Switzerland.

Operation Greenrun II , public art by John Craig Freeman, eleven 10′ X 40′ mosaic laser prints on billboards. Highway 93, Rocky Flats, Colorado, November, 1990 through April, 1991.
Imaging Place , by John Craig Freeman, interactive virtual reality installation, “Language/Environment,” Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, 2007, Beijing, China.
Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos , by John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art, near the Lukeville, Arizona border crossing in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 2012.
Orators, Rostrums, and Propaganda Stands: no3 , by John Craig Freemanaugmented reality public art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
Water wARs: Giardini , by John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art, Venice, Italy, 2011.