Second Hand Stories

Second hand stories

Original thinking and a zany sense of humour marked out this presentation from the rest. On realising he was too attached to possessions John Freyer decided to put everything he owned up for sale on ebay. He even sold the ice cubes from his fridge "They were solid when I sold them!"
You can read the story here
All my life for sale

His current project is Second Hand Stories. After buying a second hand fire ambulance on EBay John drives from town to town buying items from garage sales and recording their story and history. He then sells the items on in the next town with the story and at a profit. The whole thing is being filmed on second hand equipment picked up along the way.

My first encounter with John was when he arrived at the festival with a bag full of bad taste shirts from a local clearance sale which he went on to wear in subsequent days. At the same time he bought a plastic drinks cup dispenser with a Kokopelli design on it. He auctioned it off during his presentation and knocked it down for $25 - it couldn't have cost him more that a dollar. Storyteller, original thinker and entrepreneur - I really enjoyed his presentation.

The histories and stories of objects has been a recurring theme at this festival.