https://beverlyfresh.com BEVERLY FRESH Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:25:46 +0000 https://beverlyfresh.com en https://beverlyfresh.com/PIES Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:12:20 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/PIES <img width="997" height="1000" width_o="997" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00a31b6ee129ae173a7a3dda2f28e3ddea5aefb0b9782b7efaa6b21d95a1c90b/PIES-DELUX-BANNER-left.gif" data-mid="176796920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/997/i/00a31b6ee129ae173a7a3dda2f28e3ddea5aefb0b9782b7efaa6b21d95a1c90b/PIES-DELUX-BANNER-left.gif" /> <img width="2022" height="1000" width_o="2022" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd8924f92f71f6033e2ed50ca05f7aac98fdeac631f5412ac28e336d152a03af/PIES-DELUX-BANNER-right-nu.gif" data-mid="176816471" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd8924f92f71f6033e2ed50ca05f7aac98fdeac631f5412ac28e336d152a03af/PIES-DELUX-BANNER-right-nu.gif" /> XTRA SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION DELUX PACKAGE includes PIES vinyl album plus a full-color liner note booklet, 36-page zine of poem drawings, hype stickers, a Polaroid photo, 2 eyeball cards, pin, balloon and more all designed by Beverly Fresh. Editon of 50. !SOLD OUT ONLINE !&nbsp; REMAINING COPIES SOLD ONLY AT LIVE SHOWS ! IF INTERESTED EMAIL TO INQUIRE&nbsp; Sounds like corned beef and Stetson. Behind the car wash. Salvation blasted out a blown bazooka tube. Like pissing your name in perfect cursive in the snow. Like losing your mind at the grocery store. It’s mad, silly, and sweet. <img width="3019" height="1000" width_o="3019" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6da4f037cd01a2416353c50e0404ab3d64f9873f512d784dcefcd09c701b599/PIESLPBANNER.jpg" data-mid="176793229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6da4f037cd01a2416353c50e0404ab3d64f9873f512d784dcefcd09c701b599/PIESLPBANNER.jpg" /> The vinyl-only release of PIES the new album by Beverly Fresh.&nbsp;Editon of 250. !SOLD OUT ONLINE! GET IT AT LIVE SHOWS! EMAIL TO SPECIAL ORDER! These songs are taken from the last 15 years of wandering restless through the Middle West.&nbsp;This album will blast your hair up high! Like coming on the meaning of life alone on the back roads and then losing it deep in a gas soaked rag… International orders fulfilled by HHV ︎ FOR SPECIAL ORDERS CONTACT&nbsp;︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ EMAIL: JUICEMANEYEBROWS@GMAIL.COM BEVERLY FRESH · BEVERLY FRESH - PIES (ALBUM SNIPPETS SAMPLER) https://beverlyfresh.com/REALLY-SOMETHIN-ELSE-1 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:06:55 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/REALLY-SOMETHIN-ELSE-1 BEVERLY FRESH - REALLY SOMETHIN ELSE2018 (April 26 - August 5), DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL In his first solo museum exhibition in Chicago, artist, rapper, musician, and world-record breaker BEVERLY FRESH takes on the incongruities, social rituals, and archetypes of the rural Midwest. Pulling from age-old performance traditions, juvenile graffiti, backyard debauchery, living room theater, and pig wrestling, Really Somethin Else is an exploration of Midwestern symbols, behaviors, and vernacular that also stems from the artist’s hometown outside Detroit, Michigan. Refuting the notion that middle America is void of culture, BEVERLY FRESH relishes in the absurd and finds common ground with other instigators who challenge cultural norms.The exhibition is anchored by the artist’s ongoing Outskirts videos of interventionist performances (2012-present), on view throughout the galleries, and his archive of Midwestern ephemera. It offers a meandering experience of the artist’s interest in the role of performance in everyday life and how meaning is produced and shared in rural aesthetic forms. This exhibition features several ongoing interactive works that extended the performance to the audience. Real Deep Inside by the WILD AMERICAN DOGS (Beverly Fresh &amp; The Crooner) a one-person talk show where you act as both the host and the guest, responding to prompts on a scrolling LED sign. Broadcast online through a streaming security camera, the artists are alerted when someone enters the talk show set and has the ability to communicate with the participant through a two-way speaker, playing the role of the "sidekick" to the host. https://vimeo.com/channels/realdeepinside4A Good Time Call, a window installation facing the Chicago Transit Authority train service platform advertising a good time. New outgoing messages created bi-weekly, and new incoming messages are left daily by curious callers. Fliers and graffiti were also left in back alleys, bathrooms and hallways around the city advertising the number (872) 222-8493. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc692ac8435a5eddfeb80823c5448b147781c3677aef1b6d944c759ebbbe0ed2/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_01_o.jpg" data-mid="176658851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc692ac8435a5eddfeb80823c5448b147781c3677aef1b6d944c759ebbbe0ed2/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_01_o.jpg" /><img width="3200" height="4800" width_o="3200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aea9dc6e48e87e771e9b829f20de045c124ff9903c3589a73ececaffaf92b39/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_03.jpg" data-mid="176659342" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aea9dc6e48e87e771e9b829f20de045c124ff9903c3589a73ececaffaf92b39/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_03.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4d884e9a473550f74e0761b723d150c4a883d7ca507d84b328107bb8854bca5/exp_rse_Page_031_o.png" data-mid="176659533" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e4d884e9a473550f74e0761b723d150c4a883d7ca507d84b328107bb8854bca5/exp_rse_Page_031_o.png" /><img width="4425" height="2925" width_o="4425" height_o="2925" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae1c9af872c837bf6fc72183b4768c96c519fcc5ff80daa3eb810aa704c75c8d/___RSE_BF_Book_print_7_12_185.jpg" data-mid="176659562" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae1c9af872c837bf6fc72183b4768c96c519fcc5ff80daa3eb810aa704c75c8d/___RSE_BF_Book_print_7_12_185.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b29f1b761c2f9b9c5fc713452965b0da3e59150bf59fea6883ac8176dad40ed7/exp_rse_Page_041.png" data-mid="176659928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b29f1b761c2f9b9c5fc713452965b0da3e59150bf59fea6883ac8176dad40ed7/exp_rse_Page_041.png" /> <img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88c33fac17112dff5c9eaeb3b5d9575f300aaa2b493e9c44db07bc74f8f96006/exp_rse_Page_037.png" data-mid="176659921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88c33fac17112dff5c9eaeb3b5d9575f300aaa2b493e9c44db07bc74f8f96006/exp_rse_Page_037.png" /> <img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3746149990a6dfb5eb652bb1451b73e97c11c01afb3a730d5445b234dcea8380/exp_rse_Page_034.png" data-mid="176659919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3746149990a6dfb5eb652bb1451b73e97c11c01afb3a730d5445b234dcea8380/exp_rse_Page_034.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba1b67bb83295289115f51fe07d0aa4d8e4b500161e25ac4cf48424862a04173/exp_rse_Page_035.png" data-mid="176659855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba1b67bb83295289115f51fe07d0aa4d8e4b500161e25ac4cf48424862a04173/exp_rse_Page_035.png" /> <img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d425d538b328a297b151cc2eeb94c72fe48e78be416a074217ca10f0610ab82/exp_rse_Page_033.png" data-mid="176659819" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d425d538b328a297b151cc2eeb94c72fe48e78be416a074217ca10f0610ab82/exp_rse_Page_033.png" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c6307b11567748999aa2555eb4d49d2ef48c97695666c0494ca6f48e86b8785/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_05_o.jpg" data-mid="176659794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c6307b11567748999aa2555eb4d49d2ef48c97695666c0494ca6f48e86b8785/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_05_o.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a2735dc9f0b90c9edd3c82d0a9aa31599e8de7afbb31707c9f1d1ad8a885344/exp_rse_Page_044.png" data-mid="176659969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a2735dc9f0b90c9edd3c82d0a9aa31599e8de7afbb31707c9f1d1ad8a885344/exp_rse_Page_044.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3be6034b1778eda704d6df11ea24f44f5dbfb1cb207da8e116c1a0087defcae/exp_rse_Page_045.png" data-mid="176659972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3be6034b1778eda704d6df11ea24f44f5dbfb1cb207da8e116c1a0087defcae/exp_rse_Page_045.png" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e27ae181b62cbc8356582c05eb3b87e4cc57aad3b0fbb814a1d51b2790e6ed5/rse_Page_047_o.png" data-mid="176659978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e27ae181b62cbc8356582c05eb3b87e4cc57aad3b0fbb814a1d51b2790e6ed5/rse_Page_047_o.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5045297a7fc04fa7f40d52b39b504a90f2dd2b023cf14a552d866f5834421788/exp_rse_Page_048.png" data-mid="176659992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5045297a7fc04fa7f40d52b39b504a90f2dd2b023cf14a552d866f5834421788/exp_rse_Page_048.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4558ffe63f4ac99617a7b5e567f353c96269884c94b67ca453fe84156f8ec85c/exp_rse_Page_050.png" data-mid="176659995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4558ffe63f4ac99617a7b5e567f353c96269884c94b67ca453fe84156f8ec85c/exp_rse_Page_050.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1eace3706338c7c0a521b9765c061a69c560f465e8c83b3af8929f4a19ba4eaf/exp_rse_Page_049.png" data-mid="176659996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1eace3706338c7c0a521b9765c061a69c560f465e8c83b3af8929f4a19ba4eaf/exp_rse_Page_049.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd1641130870d8385779ffeaf9b0bfb059520a7eba72c90bebfa8ff8c6f87d10/exp_rse_Page_046.png" data-mid="176659999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd1641130870d8385779ffeaf9b0bfb059520a7eba72c90bebfa8ff8c6f87d10/exp_rse_Page_046.png" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f709235ec238e66174a0bc5e52ab0c19daa6393c5830d68a81ac1fecfd63009/rse_Page_042_o.png" data-mid="176660001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f709235ec238e66174a0bc5e52ab0c19daa6393c5830d68a81ac1fecfd63009/rse_Page_042_o.png" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b0a6aec1a8f0465166b91bc5bbb3853656afa152232d9c78e32414f447b8fcc/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_18_o.jpg" data-mid="176660008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b0a6aec1a8f0465166b91bc5bbb3853656afa152232d9c78e32414f447b8fcc/BeverlyFresh_ReallySomethinElse_18_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc342d08b4b44106ad527a8765416b53a29bf3d2d9aeed73ed3d8fabe4dd597c/rse_Page_055_o.png" data-mid="176660014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc342d08b4b44106ad527a8765416b53a29bf3d2d9aeed73ed3d8fabe4dd597c/rse_Page_055_o.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bafb694efb133d4f77f5f5c48e570a27a3e29ada1f0ea925ebcd1d35b0ed32d/exp_rse_Page_057.png" data-mid="176660024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bafb694efb133d4f77f5f5c48e570a27a3e29ada1f0ea925ebcd1d35b0ed32d/exp_rse_Page_057.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b99303427e89d17e3c09cfc57ead8001f67e57ea4641b4c1eb31b301a2f42105/eexp_rse_Page_062.png" data-mid="176660029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b99303427e89d17e3c09cfc57ead8001f67e57ea4641b4c1eb31b301a2f42105/eexp_rse_Page_062.png" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fc11c60524e4ebde4035a807d7bd14b46b85e77a32375890aecda293a3840ae/exp_rse_Page_058-copy_o.png" data-mid="176660031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fc11c60524e4ebde4035a807d7bd14b46b85e77a32375890aecda293a3840ae/exp_rse_Page_058-copy_o.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8671e3521e3d016f5ee4e323a7ca5395703c141a78f385f429cebda926c03c1e/exp_rse_Page_060_copy.png" data-mid="176660036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8671e3521e3d016f5ee4e323a7ca5395703c141a78f385f429cebda926c03c1e/exp_rse_Page_060_copy.png" /><img width="5000" height="3305" width_o="5000" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6d6ef959e221ba299b002bff0d0bbce87c04aeee90d945767e5450c2c837ac5/rse_Page_061_o.png" data-mid="176660066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6d6ef959e221ba299b002bff0d0bbce87c04aeee90d945767e5450c2c837ac5/rse_Page_061_o.png" /><img width="3000" height="2010" width_o="3000" height_o="2010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a2dc31b1621b4f26c8c152bbf0e70058bdbaa771a559f36a3a85326e77e2ea3/a_rse_Page_040.png" data-mid="176660069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a2dc31b1621b4f26c8c152bbf0e70058bdbaa771a559f36a3a85326e77e2ea3/a_rse_Page_040.png" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/WAD-TENT-REVIVAL-CHICAGO-1 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:06:55 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/WAD-TENT-REVIVAL-CHICAGO-1 WILD AMERICAN DOGS REAL BIG TENT REVIVAL (CHICAGO)2018 (5.30)DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, ILUntil the mid-20th century, traveling tent revivals functioned throughout rural America as opportunities for local public assembly and interaction with fellow residents and "familiar outsiders," thereby enhancing community solidarity and at the same time arguably exploiting this solidarity. In this performance the Wild American Dogs (Beverly Fresh and The Crooner) joined by Payton, The Whisper and The Dancer, have revived, adapted, secularized and problematized the tent revival concept as a framework for a critique of western colonialist institutions and a study of the production of contemporary public culture within the under-examined rural Midwest.&nbsp; Delivered through the traditional form of an "old time tent revival," the performance unfolds via song, exaggerated movement, fiery oratory, hyperbolic rhetoric, and increasingly vigorous call-and-response couplets. Recent WAD Tent Revivals:- Grinnell, Iowa- Colon, Michigan- Black Oak, Indiana- Algonac, Michigan- Bad Axe, Michigan- Detroit, Michgian- San Luis Obispo, California*Photos by Lyndon French*Disposable camera photos by various audience members <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1cb1085f6b2736bfa436f7ed565d63c4bf78a26a9b922b8822acbb30927b06c/wad_rse_Page_116.png" data-mid="176661776" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1cb1085f6b2736bfa436f7ed565d63c4bf78a26a9b922b8822acbb30927b06c/wad_rse_Page_116.png" /><img width="3000" height="1816" width_o="3000" height_o="1816" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc117b111cab7d2a67c09a30ab2780cb837fd3c9bb837cbf0a134ae22094a8bc/wad_rse_Page_102-copy.png" data-mid="176662270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc117b111cab7d2a67c09a30ab2780cb837fd3c9bb837cbf0a134ae22094a8bc/wad_rse_Page_102-copy.png" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f11e5211e7563031534147ec89d3893e41d29ab9180d463843b1221281a935a/53990005.JPG" data-mid="176662306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f11e5211e7563031534147ec89d3893e41d29ab9180d463843b1221281a935a/53990005.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02824988ea49fff0025430f7e0a0dd29f20763b6557a63e43b79dcb8a28843fb/wad_rse_Page_114-copy.png" data-mid="176662295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02824988ea49fff0025430f7e0a0dd29f20763b6557a63e43b79dcb8a28843fb/wad_rse_Page_114-copy.png" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0519b226b172a61ce2a3881831b52f900b9708a511dfb37694c98abe17b15d21/53990006.JPG" data-mid="176662355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0519b226b172a61ce2a3881831b52f900b9708a511dfb37694c98abe17b15d21/53990006.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="1911" width_o="3000" height_o="1911" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b89f04bd564f5ab49dc722df3f778e8d329a440c3fc6d77e343dd7c725155e1/wad_rse_Page_115.png" data-mid="176662373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b89f04bd564f5ab49dc722df3f778e8d329a440c3fc6d77e343dd7c725155e1/wad_rse_Page_115.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9b901630fa6de3209aa53c6dc4378912cfd79220c5a9e919e43145d0e412161/wad_rse_Page_109-copy.png" data-mid="176662380" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9b901630fa6de3209aa53c6dc4378912cfd79220c5a9e919e43145d0e412161/wad_rse_Page_109-copy.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a1c6421fc5576ad0c03a6f999b9509970bd70a9a0441c92d391dc34b3fa70f5/wad_rse_Page_105.png" data-mid="176662399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a1c6421fc5576ad0c03a6f999b9509970bd70a9a0441c92d391dc34b3fa70f5/wad_rse_Page_105.png" /><img width="3000" height="1088" width_o="3000" height_o="1088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c053e5d970ec98a615aa7aad683ab49d65fbb6ddf8987fc6f91490f77f3a2f8/wad_rse_Page_110-copy.png" data-mid="176662433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c053e5d970ec98a615aa7aad683ab49d65fbb6ddf8987fc6f91490f77f3a2f8/wad_rse_Page_110-copy.png" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0046a6c5bc05d6abb4932c776fe6769313dae6b58ea9c60114f52678ed14c4e9/53990012.JPG" data-mid="176662459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0046a6c5bc05d6abb4932c776fe6769313dae6b58ea9c60114f52678ed14c4e9/53990012.JPG" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc29a10954309261f4618bb177a648645c1a98947b17a967d9bf45dd82afac03/53990019.JPG" data-mid="176662501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc29a10954309261f4618bb177a648645c1a98947b17a967d9bf45dd82afac03/53990019.JPG" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7056dc77b2eba48d12cc6dbba7d4dc96b202dfb73a73852deeb8ae65833fdc4a/53990018.JPG" data-mid="176662520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7056dc77b2eba48d12cc6dbba7d4dc96b202dfb73a73852deeb8ae65833fdc4a/53990018.JPG" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b18411fe2fc2e8bb76de8b5ed30abddbe223136226a37ec42a91a9d4827d08a4/wad_rse_Page_120.png" data-mid="176662556" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b18411fe2fc2e8bb76de8b5ed30abddbe223136226a37ec42a91a9d4827d08a4/wad_rse_Page_120.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b81220770ae9cff757a9825d97f20bb05d21de40f38ef5e55657c378e0beb0d8/wad_rse_Page_103.png" data-mid="176662633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b81220770ae9cff757a9825d97f20bb05d21de40f38ef5e55657c378e0beb0d8/wad_rse_Page_103.png" /><img width="3000" height="1983" width_o="3000" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a1c6421fc5576ad0c03a6f999b9509970bd70a9a0441c92d391dc34b3fa70f5/wad_rse_Page_105.png" data-mid="176662908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a1c6421fc5576ad0c03a6f999b9509970bd70a9a0441c92d391dc34b3fa70f5/wad_rse_Page_105.png" /><img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4136af9c64fc3d646bbacea3343a88700e796919c5b3a57a2bc9b15540acb951/wad_rse_Page_121.png" data-mid="176662668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4136af9c64fc3d646bbacea3343a88700e796919c5b3a57a2bc9b15540acb951/wad_rse_Page_121.png" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/REAL-GOOD-TIME Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:06:56 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/REAL-GOOD-TIME MR. MDWST - A REAL GOOD TIMECRANBROOK ART MUSUEMSolo Exhibition . February 2015Curated by Laura MottMR. MDWST A REAL GOOD TIME is a stylized regurgitation of the back roads adventures of Beverly Fre$h. Like a postmodern tale of the picaresque, Fre$h has traveled extensively over the last two years on a quest to understand, reconfigure, and interrupt the social constructs and cultural rituals of the rural Midwest. He created impromptu, site-oriented performances alone and with strangers at carnivals, country fairs, front yards, and back roads, which were recorded for the Outskirts series (2012-present). This exhibition presents three new performances and stage sets inspired by his performative research in the region and features four character tropes he met during his travels: The Badass, The Innocent, The Professional, and The Seeker.CURATOR'S ESSAYMR. MDWST—A REAL GOOD TIME is a continuation of the adventures of Beverly Fre$h, a stylized, autobiographical character that acts as the artist and performer persona for Zack Ostrowski. Beverly Fre$h is a mischievous doppelganger who operates freely in a variety of forms: rap music, fashion, performance, graphic design, acting, comedy, and contemporary visual art. The artist explains the character’s inception: “The persona allows me the strategy of mobility. I have created an identity that is adaptable and flexible enough to perform in a variety of venues. One that is not solely academic, nor exclusively street, but able to invade each of these separate contexts and in turn have these worlds confront each other.”Over the last few years, the persona has been further tested as a vehicle while Beverly Fre$h has traveled extensively throughout the fringe areas of the Midwest region creating impromptu, site-oriented performances alone and with strangers in a series called MR. MDWST. Fre$h finds his collaborators at places like country fair talent shows, rooster-crowing competitions, and random run-ins along back roads where, for instance, the performer was drawn to the home of Chris Main in Loogootee, Indiana, because he had a Mountain Dew vending machine sitting in his driveway. The resulting video is of Fre$h rapping about the soft drink followed by the newly acquainted Main playing a power ballad on his electric guitar.Fre$h is like a postmodern version of the picaresque, a literary term used for a genre of appealing anti-heroes telling stories from the road. The archetype has an extensive lineage, from which the character of Fre$h has a wealth of comparisons ranging from the good heartedness of Huck Finn to the crooked fearlessness of Hunter S. Thompson. Aligned with this brand of eager outsider, Fre$h approaches the Midwest region as under-examined territory. Hidden behind its presumed ordinariness, the artist unmasks a deviant outgrowth of extraordinary personalities and social ritual. His travels function as performative research, in which the artist electrifies the mundane in order to expose its conventions. A selection of his performances in reaction to these surroundings are featured in the exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum, which includes a collection of documentary shorts from OUTSKIRTS, 2014, and clips from the film Bathtub Songs, 2015. The scenarios include, among others, Fre$h staging an impromptu performance with a pancake mask on his face at the Festival of Flags in Davidson, Michigan; collaborative performances with the Stark Show High School Choir at the Marshall Putnam County Fair in Henry, Illinois; and rapping at the gravesite of Ricki Dunn, America’s Greatest Pickpocket, in Colon, Michigan, The Magic Capital of the World.The Midwest region is seen by Fre$h as a state of mind distinguished for its restlessness. He likens it to “the tension that you feel at a small town event when the energy could shift from friendly to violent in a second. The emotional complexity of a carnival —conmen, crafty homemakers, children, drunks at the beer tent, fights, and teenagers meeting up for dates — it has it all slammed together in one environment.” The scene he describes draws on odd sense memories of the sickly sweet taste of cotton candy, impatient legs standing in line, fresh sunburns, and eyes searching the crowd for something to happen. And then, like the first explosion of the fireworks, Beverly Fre$h enters the scene like a rascal wind with a big smile, fidgety hands, and a plan.The exhibition space of MR. MDWST—A REAL GOOD TIME is devoted primarily to three stage sets for Beverly Fre$h’s new performance in which he channels four character tropes met at small town events: The Professional, a wall and archway covered with fake hair; The Innocent, a large pancake stage; The Badass, a porch defiled by graffiti; and The Seeker, who has no stage because he is always in search of place. The exhibition also includes a ten-foot fabric sculpture of a severed arm with tattoos of the name Chrissy and a rose with a vagina at its center—a crude talisman from a real-life inspiration for the Badass character. The MR. MDWST performance builds on the tradition of the “one-man show” and oral tradition, resulting in a 40-minute-long production of songs, jokes, and stories performed by Fre$h as he continuously switches personas and roams between the stage sets. During the exhibition run, Fre$h will add to the festivities with two workshops with guest speakers—a laughter yoga teacher and an inspirational speaker—which anchor his production in the milieu of strange public performance occurring every day outside the confines of contemporary art.Comedians are often seen as honest populists; laughter not only feels good but also teases out universal truths. Humor is used as a form of camaraderie and strategy in Beverley Fre$h’s exhibition and his collaborative performances. Fre$h’s public interventions have roots in the careers of comedians like Andy Kaufman, who unflinchingly took on controversial performance personas—an alcoholic lounge singer, a pro-wrestler, Elvis, etc.—and would explore them on stage as well as in settings of everyday life. In a profile interview with a reporter in the 1970s, Kaufman took the writer to a diner and improvised a disagreement with another customer and began sobbing about his failed masculinity. Annoyed and embarrassed, the writer cut the night short, to which Andy replied, “If you don’t like that, I don’t know what to tell you. That is my most favorite hobby in the world. . . . We could have had a real good time.” As suggested by the exhibition title, a real good time is also a destination in Fre$h’s work—a place that resides outside social normalcies or the mainstream. He celebrates the authenticity and absurdity of life that can be found in the outskirts of the Midwest, and through his heavily trodden adventures, affirms that the periphery merits our time and fascination.-Laura MottCurator of Contemporary Art and Design MR. MDWST by BEVERLY FRE$H“MR. MDWST” is a forty-minute performance created from documentation and field notes taken during phase one of “OUTSKIRTS,” an ongoing series of site-oriented performances to understand, reconfigure, and interrupt the social and cultural rituals of the rural Midwest. Building on the tradition of the “one man show,” “MR. MDWST,” aims to both entertain and challenge the audience by drawing from the field of oral tradition and exploring devices that allow cultural material to be transmitted such as songs, jokes, sayings, and stories.AFTER LAUGHTER Presented by BEVERLY FRE$H, Featuring Lynne WestBeverly Fre$h presents “AFTER LAUGHTER” a guided session in Laughter Yoga (Hasyayoga) conducted by certified Laughter Yoga Leader Lynne West, “The Mistress of Mirth.” This afternoon workshop will explore the various methods and benefits of prolonged voluntary laughter.LANGUAGE IS A HOUSE Presented by BEVERLY FRE$H, Featuring Bry’n Lambert“LANGUAGE IS A HOUSE” is an inspirational keynote presentation that wanders the unsteady ground between nightmare and ecstasy. Inspired by Heidegger’s claim that “language is a house in which man dwells,” this program demonstrates how language calls together our basic exigencies and builds a place for us to reside. In this presentation, Beverly Fre$h will introduce Bry’n Lambert, a former reporter who has reinvented himself as a visionary real estate agent. Bry’n will take the audience down his path of reinvention and present some of his latest concepts. +DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION GUIDE PDF+<img width="1020" height="1319" width_o="1020" height_o="1319" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e394a7d8c3ad165b45266ff6c76febac12c05a2c2c53374b9f650e54b8035e7/a12.jpg" data-mid="176664211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e394a7d8c3ad165b45266ff6c76febac12c05a2c2c53374b9f650e54b8035e7/a12.jpg" /><img width="1020" height="1379" width_o="1020" height_o="1379" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/971b901c22f22340f869dcbb5415a414ef38cc8bf2a01dc04f922c528333d968/a11.jpg" data-mid="176664256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/971b901c22f22340f869dcbb5415a414ef38cc8bf2a01dc04f922c528333d968/a11.jpg" /> <img width="2649" height="1887" width_o="2649" height_o="1887" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca7774e4e7a573cac1b39d1ec4003599805d9e25b77407cb407bbcebadc0a244/Fresh-79.jpg" data-mid="176664356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca7774e4e7a573cac1b39d1ec4003599805d9e25b77407cb407bbcebadc0a244/Fresh-79.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="867" width_o="1300" height_o="867" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13a2a7c0c868be721c84e11e182b2d3109aa9c389652e1e97c2d587b24c1aba9/rgts01.jpg" data-mid="176665210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13a2a7c0c868be721c84e11e182b2d3109aa9c389652e1e97c2d587b24c1aba9/rgts01.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="873" width_o="1300" height_o="873" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51b879e241ffb7c210b3c98bc77db1d067b0d2d841a3cd9e62c5e38edebf8e53/rgts02.jpg" data-mid="176665214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51b879e241ffb7c210b3c98bc77db1d067b0d2d841a3cd9e62c5e38edebf8e53/rgts02.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="1530" width_o="1020" height_o="1530" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8991c7965d28f7a1edff72b2ed960c98308c3516bd917b2c963f526f963a571c/rgts03.jpg" data-mid="176665250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8991c7965d28f7a1edff72b2ed960c98308c3516bd917b2c963f526f963a571c/rgts03.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1286" width_o="1024" height_o="1286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8317473ef504585911e4fc8c8c45580205cbe8c9d2afc5b6f3268820526a196/schneider-366.jpg" data-mid="176665265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8317473ef504585911e4fc8c8c45580205cbe8c9d2afc5b6f3268820526a196/schneider-366.jpg" /> <img width="2727" height="1832" width_o="2727" height_o="1832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4e8d3ebb1871c5ede5bf4113aa9a6d096d98f37853469235592d39691c3e196/Fresh-2.jpg" data-mid="176664491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4e8d3ebb1871c5ede5bf4113aa9a6d096d98f37853469235592d39691c3e196/Fresh-2.jpg" /> <img width="2738" height="1825" width_o="2738" height_o="1825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2234bc7c2045dae0b81d08373f103ce86eab8f9a293e11cd34cb6fa11e1ba3d1/Fresh-36.jpg" data-mid="176664390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2234bc7c2045dae0b81d08373f103ce86eab8f9a293e11cd34cb6fa11e1ba3d1/Fresh-36.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1118" width_o="1440" height_o="1118" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80e5eef36742538a74f44f41259934e0b701070a879f652197933c987fb14c6f/schneider-355.jpg" data-mid="176664627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80e5eef36742538a74f44f41259934e0b701070a879f652197933c987fb14c6f/schneider-355.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="687" width_o="1020" height_o="687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a533a09c11b3fbc7452c5b4b2fa342553acfb6414aac498fb3ef0e9740af4745/a13.jpg" data-mid="176664606" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a533a09c11b3fbc7452c5b4b2fa342553acfb6414aac498fb3ef0e9740af4745/a13.jpg" /> <img width="2364" height="2115" width_o="2364" height_o="2115" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74bf46c89bc2290eee0dd426272d1a04cf071ccd991f4216c0b7bf1da47a2933/Fresh-114.jpg" data-mid="176664610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74bf46c89bc2290eee0dd426272d1a04cf071ccd991f4216c0b7bf1da47a2933/Fresh-114.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="1120" width_o="1020" height_o="1120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc8e1f355e7d27a7e76c62c7926e967024df0d5881ae88dd4ab236161453ddba/a06.jpg" data-mid="176664795" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc8e1f355e7d27a7e76c62c7926e967024df0d5881ae88dd4ab236161453ddba/a06.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="890" width_o="1440" height_o="890" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/828c1a11e60c76c1d793e0ad2e358bc6f85af7e998d0fb954b49e6ded8ae3d24/schneider-372.jpg" data-mid="176664742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/828c1a11e60c76c1d793e0ad2e358bc6f85af7e998d0fb954b49e6ded8ae3d24/schneider-372.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2220" width_o="1500" height_o="2220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3e051815d7445507f41cb22019f578a2f6c4fe961b403322130ecc943e56ab3/lynnResaved.jpg" data-mid="176664873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3e051815d7445507f41cb22019f578a2f6c4fe961b403322130ecc943e56ab3/lynnResaved.jpg" /> <img width="2740" height="1824" width_o="2740" height_o="1824" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa15e6b39cce03cc0d84ad34718a07891bb7df67e96192c3ed76529eb9a12b76/Fresh-84.jpg" data-mid="176664862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa15e6b39cce03cc0d84ad34718a07891bb7df67e96192c3ed76529eb9a12b76/Fresh-84.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="680" width_o="1020" height_o="680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49e119d255ba31298ae71419c11ded683d4ce604cffa0156bb0bee1b3a90496b/a02.jpg" data-mid="176664801" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49e119d255ba31298ae71419c11ded683d4ce604cffa0156bb0bee1b3a90496b/a02.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="960" width_o="1440" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c324a301ab7a35a855bcc7322ca32aa22c3fbed8d8611bc34850a98c9edd699e/schneider-315.jpg" data-mid="176664882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c324a301ab7a35a855bcc7322ca32aa22c3fbed8d8611bc34850a98c9edd699e/schneider-315.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="999" width_o="1440" height_o="999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e179dd1c9e689975c8603663aab6a4a1603a1b7b0e457c77abe761b4351309b/schneider-327.jpg" data-mid="176664892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e179dd1c9e689975c8603663aab6a4a1603a1b7b0e457c77abe761b4351309b/schneider-327.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="947" width_o="1440" height_o="947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/862b173d0aadda3f55590fa43baddff7b9647aedc33abb417e496d9622fd9b8e/schneider-334.jpg" data-mid="176664894" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/862b173d0aadda3f55590fa43baddff7b9647aedc33abb417e496d9622fd9b8e/schneider-334.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1001" width_o="1440" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba4dc88b183f58aecdd74e6afb982cd8c2f3f212ac318aeeef1218d15a367393/schneider-305.jpg" data-mid="176664913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba4dc88b183f58aecdd74e6afb982cd8c2f3f212ac318aeeef1218d15a367393/schneider-305.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="935" width_o="1020" height_o="935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9ef73916f00c75622a46b524e03b3cab7271dd8ffd1d8d7b02a2f3ab86c4388/Santa_Animation_Web.gif" data-mid="176665007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9ef73916f00c75622a46b524e03b3cab7271dd8ffd1d8d7b02a2f3ab86c4388/Santa_Animation_Web.gif" /> <img width="3089" height="1618" width_o="3089" height_o="1618" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11be753ec6762dbe60832a25c9125589f44ca50d76465b1f84a1064014065cce/Fresh-48.jpg" data-mid="176664918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11be753ec6762dbe60832a25c9125589f44ca50d76465b1f84a1064014065cce/Fresh-48.jpg" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/TAKE-THE-BACK-ROADS Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:06:57 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/TAKE-THE-BACK-ROADS TAKE THE BACK ROADS AND COLLECT MYSELFA solo exhibition by BEVERLY FRESHPavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany (2014)“Take the Back Roads and Collect Myself,” is a multi-media solo exhibition consisting of drawings, paintings, signage, posters, video, sculpture, installation and live performance.The videos included in this exhibition are taken from phase one of Beverly Fresh’s “Outskirts” series, which took place in eleven towns in rural Illinois and Michigan. “Outskirts” utilizes performance as a means of inquiry, combining documentation, intervention and fabrication to examine how collective meaning is produced, consumed and shared throughout the rural Midwest.Emphasizing the significance that oral tradition has in shaping and sharing cultural meaning, the performances combine song, dramatic narrative, and jokes. The work in this exhibition draws from a stylized autobiographical viewpoint that ranges from innocence to irreverence and builds upon the tradition of the trickster navigating a journey that could be read as a postmodern tale of the picaresque. Spanning a variety of media, the work critically inquires into the extracurricular activities and places that define the physical and psychological landscape of the peripheral Midwest. Beverly Fresh states, "the title of the exhibition comes from something said by a young father who goes by the nickname Moose. Currently estranged from his family, Moose is living at the roadside motel where I stayed during the Outskirts tour. Growing up in the rural Midwest and returning now to the outskirts for this project, I feel that there is a sense of restless desperation surrounding this region, and the one area in particular that allows something to happen is down the back roads. They are a way to escape and stay off the radar, to dodge the police, to make out, to fight, to party and most importantly, as Moose puts its to collect yourself.”Presented in a foreign country, this exhibition is reminiscent of a roadside attraction. The urban pavilion hosts an aesthetic remixing of Americana, like an oddity encountered on the back roads. TBRCM presents a stylized portrait of the rural Midwest by combining traditional documentation, local folklore and fabricated narrative, resulting in both a recognizable impression and an entirely new understanding of the region.This project is supported by the University Research Council of DePaul University and partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs &amp; Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. <img width="4067" height="2712" width_o="4067" height_o="2712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4349df00b72e235561a1a3a876bb3319ed4a6a3be8849ddd768fba8b6d8b900f/night_web_web.jpg" data-mid="176672663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4349df00b72e235561a1a3a876bb3319ed4a6a3be8849ddd768fba8b6d8b900f/night_web_web.jpg" /> <img width="2958" height="2367" width_o="2958" height_o="2367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d865216dafbf04cc0aadb96d276a51f45b0e01b772c11d7cf930271b6b2c0062/IMG_0481web.jpg" data-mid="176672686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d865216dafbf04cc0aadb96d276a51f45b0e01b772c11d7cf930271b6b2c0062/IMG_0481web.jpg" /> <img width="3517" height="2814" width_o="3517" height_o="2814" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/219324a21bbc8e7b74f50338af3cfa07234ec56d9f132b4240509dc2168e1566/IMG_0480-be.jpg" data-mid="176672721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/219324a21bbc8e7b74f50338af3cfa07234ec56d9f132b4240509dc2168e1566/IMG_0480-be.jpg" /> <img width="1857" height="1889" width_o="1857" height_o="1889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d41a410fcc33f9511b948bd8fbdf9fd1000edf650098fea2b2a9f9b6c7d56d68/IMG_0501_web.jpg" data-mid="176672753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d41a410fcc33f9511b948bd8fbdf9fd1000edf650098fea2b2a9f9b6c7d56d68/IMG_0501_web.jpg" /> <img width="3360" height="2200" width_o="3360" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e926262f5042c76c0a6f20e69bc09e14ecc7ee07bce4c6152de84d834f93953/IMG_0492web.jpg" data-mid="176672781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e926262f5042c76c0a6f20e69bc09e14ecc7ee07bce4c6152de84d834f93953/IMG_0492web.jpg" /> <img width="2059" height="2059" width_o="2059" height_o="2059" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7da2f3d92d8bcb8155d363544f9f2a671f48d44a3161a7e75af66d6809e5bfc/how.jpg" data-mid="176672843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7da2f3d92d8bcb8155d363544f9f2a671f48d44a3161a7e75af66d6809e5bfc/how.jpg" /> <img width="2991" height="2393" width_o="2991" height_o="2393" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64c22e73f88aadf3273cfa8ef128caa350093efa5ba37da266d1e1597e4d70d2/IMG_0488web.jpg" data-mid="176672852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64c22e73f88aadf3273cfa8ef128caa350093efa5ba37da266d1e1597e4d70d2/IMG_0488web.jpg" /> <img width="1747" height="2184" width_o="1747" height_o="2184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67ee268708e3aee80c9a19d60684e71532985318e080acd03bdd6eead776b004/IMG_0504_web.jpg" data-mid="176672865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67ee268708e3aee80c9a19d60684e71532985318e080acd03bdd6eead776b004/IMG_0504_web.jpg" /> <img width="2496" height="3120" width_o="2496" height_o="3120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/282e6f2f8b9129b94846fb8993200a31672e13c08605f4580c7923228fca6228/IMG_0485-beWEB.jpg" data-mid="176672861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/282e6f2f8b9129b94846fb8993200a31672e13c08605f4580c7923228fca6228/IMG_0485-beWEB.jpg" /> <img width="2428" height="3035" width_o="2428" height_o="3035" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/049940ea4e1f0c80e845e74219828583c10beb12ac6f175908a399fbe32a8a70/IMG_0491web.jpg" data-mid="176672877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/049940ea4e1f0c80e845e74219828583c10beb12ac6f175908a399fbe32a8a70/IMG_0491web.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="563" width_o="1000" height_o="563" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3c281a8dc0bf47ce353f33fa0b8f9491d7d7a3486d8294699bc7e684c358187/night_web_pan.jpg" data-mid="176672886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3c281a8dc0bf47ce353f33fa0b8f9491d7d7a3486d8294699bc7e684c358187/night_web_pan.jpg" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/ODE-2-HOPPER-ANGEL Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:42:53 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/ODE-2-HOPPER-ANGEL ODE TO HOPPER AND ANGELAKA 36 Sticks, AKA Dynamite Death BoatAt 11:20 p.m. on Friday, August 5th, 2016, Beverly Fresh paddled a rowboat loaded with 36 sticks of dynamite to the middle of Palmer Lake (Colon, MI). With his arms handcuffed to the sides of the boat and the dynamite set to auto-detonate in 210 seconds, Fresh faced long odds as he labored to free himself or else die violently. After a massive, earth shattering blast, he emerged unshackled from the water’s depths and swam to shore, where he unveiled a sack containing 13 wallets and watches belonging to the stunned onlookers. For the past 7 years Beverly has been rigorously studying the art of pickpocketing and working with a rural farmer and explosives expert in preparation for this stunt.THE EXPLOSION IS NOT AN ILLUSION OR A TRICK.!HE SURVIVED THE BLAST!* Video documentation by Sawbuck Productions, Inc.* Photo documentation by Lyndon French <img width="1800" height="1440" width_o="1800" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10d66bfd86fb7f44ebbba35d0064eb14827b222405e30c475fe34fb0eeca9c43/_FRE2130.jpg" data-mid="176673605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10d66bfd86fb7f44ebbba35d0064eb14827b222405e30c475fe34fb0eeca9c43/_FRE2130.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1440" width_o="1800" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00e6e82437ce1947276e0384026f2594daa64b67a6eb0b38b1e099559a5e6778/_FRE2142.jpg" data-mid="176673615" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00e6e82437ce1947276e0384026f2594daa64b67a6eb0b38b1e099559a5e6778/_FRE2142.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc1686d8b3cd47cfc4faa16944a71ed12802f03e5c2703a4d278d8c86cae049b/_FRE2154.jpg" data-mid="176673633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc1686d8b3cd47cfc4faa16944a71ed12802f03e5c2703a4d278d8c86cae049b/_FRE2154.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1440" width_o="1800" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f81d851339262375beb0a0d6d803ba53bd990b995125b531357bd48ae5af66d4/_FRE2251.jpg" data-mid="176673648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f81d851339262375beb0a0d6d803ba53bd990b995125b531357bd48ae5af66d4/_FRE2251.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc1686d8b3cd47cfc4faa16944a71ed12802f03e5c2703a4d278d8c86cae049b/_FRE2154.jpg" data-mid="176673686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc1686d8b3cd47cfc4faa16944a71ed12802f03e5c2703a4d278d8c86cae049b/_FRE2154.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1440" width_o="1800" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44f1a3a5111f7c77f04bcf84085ff98d876de49f77e6922db8626aff9ef9f17d/_FRE2295.jpg" data-mid="176673709" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44f1a3a5111f7c77f04bcf84085ff98d876de49f77e6922db8626aff9ef9f17d/_FRE2295.jpg" /> <img width="2158" height="1440" width_o="2158" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecc0f87cd1dbb5fc0e1139640c6fe1d06236bcafbcb14951777960177969555d/_FRE2287.jpg" data-mid="176673718" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecc0f87cd1dbb5fc0e1139640c6fe1d06236bcafbcb14951777960177969555d/_FRE2287.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e18269a2902384978187659d967f86a581bfece835c97a4d21c1ba8047fe587/_FRE2253.jpg" data-mid="176673729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e18269a2902384978187659d967f86a581bfece835c97a4d21c1ba8047fe587/_FRE2253.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56323ac3ee66365afc9f0cab0f55c2d7341ab8f591e707c7f02e20ca1bbc696a/_FRE2168.jpg" data-mid="176673734" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56323ac3ee66365afc9f0cab0f55c2d7341ab8f591e707c7f02e20ca1bbc696a/_FRE2168.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="2016" width_o="1440" height_o="2016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f22e2c4a6ecaadd1d580397261734c0f3d13932ecc04a608cf85b3ecb6ce3f83/_FRE2174.jpg" data-mid="176673789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f22e2c4a6ecaadd1d580397261734c0f3d13932ecc04a608cf85b3ecb6ce3f83/_FRE2174.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="2016" width_o="1440" height_o="2016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/500ad4259d7b34336286554c563c9e2261c103f47a8fe6d2e6548f9359d6b336/_FRE2309.jpg" data-mid="176673818" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/500ad4259d7b34336286554c563c9e2261c103f47a8fe6d2e6548f9359d6b336/_FRE2309.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e3febc6e65905dbf3e10503ec9b5af4630a0f5ad8ae6b8f9d9a864f7115200c/_FRE2256.jpg" data-mid="176673872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e3febc6e65905dbf3e10503ec9b5af4630a0f5ad8ae6b8f9d9a864f7115200c/_FRE2256.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39a4fd09c7fae9e7c824a387143e61fcdb6299bc639390dbedeee057555bb29c/_FRE2181.jpg" data-mid="176673933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39a4fd09c7fae9e7c824a387143e61fcdb6299bc639390dbedeee057555bb29c/_FRE2181.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5d9620919e83ff5b9c4da46c0d25fe7512b7453168c6e4c44ef396baf88b3da/_FRE2132.jpg" data-mid="176673956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5d9620919e83ff5b9c4da46c0d25fe7512b7453168c6e4c44ef396baf88b3da/_FRE2132.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77e19c2292773b0a39cc99868e8c0ce5aac8ca2067f879b9b4947f9b116edaa1/_FRE2196.jpg" data-mid="176674041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77e19c2292773b0a39cc99868e8c0ce5aac8ca2067f879b9b4947f9b116edaa1/_FRE2196.jpg" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/B-FRE-H Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:50:53 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/B-FRE-H B.FRE$HInstallation and PerformanceCranbrook Museum of Art (2009)Beverly Fresh broke and set several Guinness Book World Records and performed rap songs. Record set was compiling the tallest stack of rap tapes in under two minutes. &nbsp;World records broke were most Whoppers caught in mouth in under one minute, and most eggs broken on head in under one minute. Other records attempted were the world's furthers spit and loudest whistle. <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97b48df0760cb124066ee3f1e58f50f4782f399c1f3ba33b54d0522a14399eb6/bff16.jpg" data-mid="176674871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97b48df0760cb124066ee3f1e58f50f4782f399c1f3ba33b54d0522a14399eb6/bff16.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eac382a407f1079410e92eafe1abb1d8abb7fa0b5835105732f7b25b35194cbc/bf15.jpg" data-mid="176674877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eac382a407f1079410e92eafe1abb1d8abb7fa0b5835105732f7b25b35194cbc/bf15.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6712a31f19e6f53690f277b4f3e9c9db927c3b2adeaeca2480774fa3f5f27de7/bf14.jpg" data-mid="176674886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6712a31f19e6f53690f277b4f3e9c9db927c3b2adeaeca2480774fa3f5f27de7/bf14.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/501c4d766a8d662fcac36f78f26b5ca268aee1b5ff9c6d4882ba92d484126183/bff22.jpg" data-mid="176674969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/501c4d766a8d662fcac36f78f26b5ca268aee1b5ff9c6d4882ba92d484126183/bff22.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52be98940402953d4a8b49dad703f120f72445f8b8684b6fa1ed25f06ad01ac9/bff18.jpg" data-mid="176674974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52be98940402953d4a8b49dad703f120f72445f8b8684b6fa1ed25f06ad01ac9/bff18.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be369625ceae450f4cad63ff1cfea5e12c46ca385c591946532438cfdb2ca4fd/bff19.jpg" data-mid="176674988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be369625ceae450f4cad63ff1cfea5e12c46ca385c591946532438cfdb2ca4fd/bff19.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1565" width_o="1200" height_o="1565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5845bec55881e24d5846359a615364dae40364053ea867266bae84b61d012c1f/bf08.jpg" data-mid="176675014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5845bec55881e24d5846359a615364dae40364053ea867266bae84b61d012c1f/bf08.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1565" width_o="1200" height_o="1565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9a68cbab4060ffb84be58bb9a44fc640a59b959e9b0a0d0e73bf7896674c8dc/bf07.jpg" data-mid="176675025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9a68cbab4060ffb84be58bb9a44fc640a59b959e9b0a0d0e73bf7896674c8dc/bf07.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dabd649c1b1bfb6a2ff65221de1d366d1ccf960919ce6bb44c7de20014b2570/bff24.jpg" data-mid="176675142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dabd649c1b1bfb6a2ff65221de1d366d1ccf960919ce6bb44c7de20014b2570/bff24.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1565" width_o="1200" height_o="1565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebe869e47f9d378b606af0aec173bc6fd98aca6af541e9c191d8bd6b09c26c33/bff04.jpg" data-mid="176675139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebe869e47f9d378b606af0aec173bc6fd98aca6af541e9c191d8bd6b09c26c33/bff04.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1565" width_o="1200" height_o="1565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0d9ec777e68ef599ff8484a1e1ebcdfc3bcfef3a9190fe73adfbe7d0f1dd57a/bf02.jpg" data-mid="176675144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0d9ec777e68ef599ff8484a1e1ebcdfc3bcfef3a9190fe73adfbe7d0f1dd57a/bf02.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="782" width_o="1200" height_o="782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2afdfe1683769032e37a638de446270e5c6db2b5a2aca471f1e6e76d04d8a304/bff17.jpg" data-mid="176675147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2afdfe1683769032e37a638de446270e5c6db2b5a2aca471f1e6e76d04d8a304/bff17.jpg" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/OUTSKIRTS-1 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:57:26 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/OUTSKIRTS-1 OUTSKIRTSOngoing series of site-oriented performances throughout the rural Midwest(2010-present)The videos included here are taken from several phases of Beverly Fresh’s “Outskirts” series, which has taken place in over thirty towns througout the rural Midwest. “Outskirts” utilizes performance as a means of inquiry, combining documentation, intervention and fabrication to examine how collective meaning is produced, consumed and shared throughout the rural Midwest.&nbsp; Emphasizing the significance that oral tradition has in shaping and sharing cultural meaning, the performances combine song, dramatic narrative, and jokes. In this series, performance is used as a method of inquiry and during phase one (IL,MI,IN), two distinct perspectives were explored 1) agitator - disrupting social conditions and 2) participant - taking part in organized social rituals. The work draws from a stylized autobiographical viewpoint that ranges from innocence to irreverence and builds upon the tradition of the trickster navigating a journey that could be read as a postmodern tale of the picaresque. Through performance the work critically inquires into the extracurricular activities and places that define the physical and psychological landscape of the peripheral Midwest. https://beverlyfresh.com/BED Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:15:30 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/BED BEDVinyl (LP), 2011“BED,” is the first official full length solo album from Detroit/Chicago artist and musician Beverly Fresh. The album was produced and recorded by Dial81 (Blair French) in his grandparent’s basement. BED has been called a "contemporary classic," and a "master piece," and was voted best album of the year by many blogs and magazines. BED, is part of a series of limited edition vinyl-only releases from Detroit artists on sUPERIORbelly Records.PRESS"Debut masterpiece! Fre$h is a perverse concoction of sound tannins that are indigenous to that of the Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, and Doug E. Fresh; shaken, poured and then served with a Beck garnish to give a sophisticated layer of noise knowledge."-- SOUNDCHECK MUSIC “8 OUT OF 10, Stellar rhymes, retro beats, and off-kilter arrangements. Fre$h's sense of humor, peculiar turns of phrase, inclusion of well-placed samples, as well as a few exceptional guest rappers raises the album a cut above much of what currently passes for fashionable hip-hop these days. BED is one of the better hip-hop releases to come along in quite some time, combining the aggressive swagger of retro-sounding rap with more experimental and modern touches that give the entire record a thoroughly unique sound."-- SYMBIOTIC REVIEWS"There is something intrinsically charming about Beverly Fre$h. Maybe it's because his name is Beverly or his love for neon green beverages. These are the questions that keep me up at night."-- FAIRLY COHERENT !SOLD OUT!&nbsp;!SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! !SOLD OUT! <img width="1020" height="528" width_o="1020" height_o="528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c5fc49dbc6bdc7bf23846b041a3b06472bf025fa34cfe604d926f11f5be1da0/music_album.png" data-mid="176690688" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c5fc49dbc6bdc7bf23846b041a3b06472bf025fa34cfe604d926f11f5be1da0/music_album.png" /> https://beverlyfresh.com/BATHTUB-SONGS-1 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:25:46 +0000 BEVERLY FRESH https://beverlyfresh.com/BATHTUB-SONGS-1 BATHTUB SONGS: AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESExperimental Feature Film by Wild American Dogs 2015, 2hrs, 28mins“BATHTUB SONGS: and Other Extracurricular Activities” follows song-and-dance man Beverly Fresh to the annual Turkey Trot festival in the southern Indiana town of Montgomery. The film examines the rural cultural rituals and events of small Midwestern towns and investigates the sense of restlessness that hangs in the region. Beverly meets with Dar-L and the Pork Chop Boys and sets out to ease their desperation. He comes across a demolition derby driver, traveling salesmen, banjo player and other kindred spirits wandering nervous and lookin’ for something else.WILDAMERICANDOGS.COM IMDB MUBI BATHTUB SONGS blurs the lines that demarcate three genres/traditions of filmmaking: observational documentary, cinema verite, and narrative nonfiction. In a traditional documentary manner, Bathtub Songs chronicles actual events of the festival and highlights local history and attractions. This factual presentation mingles with a fictional narrative arc. The unfolding of the film’s narrative arc hinges on the film questioning the actuality of its own material and narrative structure. Bathtub Songs presents a stylized portrait of the town by combining traditional documentation, local folkore, participatory performances, and fabricated narrative, resulting in both a recognizable impression and an entirely new understanding of the rural American Midwest.DOWNLOAD PRESS KITBATHTUB SONGS BLOG <img width="1300" height="1733" width_o="1300" height_o="1733" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2bc7708846b07260ea08649efede02e4553d1b3af65ec9101d8a3862ad27f4e/bt_post01cargo.jpg" data-mid="176691239" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2bc7708846b07260ea08649efede02e4553d1b3af65ec9101d8a3862ad27f4e/bt_post01cargo.jpg" />