Freee-Carracci-Institute
From: 5th November 2016 12:00 am
To: 24th December 2016 6:00 pm
NN Contemporary Art
Freee is a collective made up of three artists, Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan, who work together on slogans, billboards and publications that challenge the commercial and bureaucratic colonization of the public sphere of opinion formation
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Freee is a collective made up of three artists, Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan, who work together on slogans, billboards and publications that challenge the commercial and bureaucratic colonization of the public sphere of opinion formation. Freee occupies the public sphere with works that take sides, speak their mind and divide opinion. Dave Beech is Professor of Art at Valand Academy, University of Gothenberg, Sweden; Andy Hewitt is Senior Lecturer in Social Art Practice at The University of Northampton, UK and Mel Jordan is Reader in Art and the Public Sphere, at the Royal College of Art, London.
Freee use slogans extensively in their work, emblazoning them across billboards, scarves, balloons, badges, placards, t-shirts, fireworks and more. The group are concerned with opinion formation and write deliberately antagonistic slogans in order that its readers might agree or disagree with them and in doing so consider their own stance and how they arrive at it.
Freee are using the space at NN Contemporary Art to present their new public kiosks. These brightly coloured kiosks will be active during the exhibition for a host of activity including badge-making, talks, design workshops and a starting point for walking tours. Freee have invited artists, designers, critics and theoreticians to create workshops and activities, available for all to join.
