EEG AR: Things We Have Lost
John Craig Freeman

John Craig Freeman drew on crowdsourcing, augmented reality, and EEG (electroencephalography) technology in a project titled EEG AR: Things We Have Lost. The artist interviewed people on the streets of Los Angeles about things, tangible or intangible, that they have lost, creating a database of lost objects. A later performance at LACMA allowed participants to “conjure” virtual objects using brainwave technology and augmented reality. Freeman is a founding member of the collective Manifest.AR, whose work seeks to expand the notion of public space by exploring how digital networked technology is transforming our sense of place.

EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
EEG AR: Things We Have Lost, 2015. © John Craig Freeman
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About the Artist

John Craig Freeman is a public artist with over twenty years of experience using emergent technologies to produce large-scale public work at sites where the forces of globalization are impacting the lives of individuals in local communities. His work seeks to expand the notion of public by exploring how digital networked technology is transforming our sense of place.

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