This exhibition is available to book from April 2011.

James Johnson-Perkins is looking to create an exhibition of his work, which would be the most comprehensive overview of his practice to date: This exhibition would be called JEHOSHAPHAT (Jehoshaphat! is the standard exclamation (for any emotion) of Elijah Baley in the science fiction books by Isaac Asimov.)

The exhibition would be made up of the following elements.

Video Installations

New sculptural and 2d works

Wall drawings

Scrolling message board works

Electrical tape drawings

Mathematical lego sculptures

Robots X 100, Various dimensions

Lego word pieces X 20, Various dimensions

Thought and speech drawings X 50, Framed A4

Den sculptures

Gigapan works

These are new ultra-large scale photographic works, created during James Johnson-Perkins' two 2010 residencies, in Italy and Slovakia.

Please see these work using this in the sculpture section of James Johnson-Perkins' website.

LINK

Mega paintings

Interactivity

As part of this exhibition James Johnson-Perkins would present a series of Interactive ready Mades, in which, the audience can play a various retro objects, such as record players and hand held space invader games.

Collaboration

For this exhibition, James Johnson-Perkins would also like to work with two other artists whom he has collaborated with in the past, Dr Connor Lawless, an Artist and Biological Mathematician and Sarah Foque, an Artist and Landscape Architect.

Performance

The artist would perform John Peel, a performance where the artist dresses up as a robot and DJ's 80's records.

Workshops

James Johnson-Perkins would offer 3 workshops to accompany JEHOSAPHAT.

Robotic

This is a participatory performance where an audience is invited by the venue to try and beat the world record for the most amount of people doing robotics at the same time.

Dens Sculptures

The participants are invited to make a series of den sculptures made from simple materials: Pegs, Sheets, String, Chairs and Tables. These can either be provided by the venue or brought along by the participants

City

The participants are invited to build a city from children's building bloks.

Johnson-Perkins is currently freelance artist on the Educational Program at The Baltic Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (LINK) and he lecturers part-time on the art foundation and multi-media courses at Gateshead College (LINK). He has also been a visiting lecturer at Newcastle and Northumbria University.

Installation

The results of the two workshops Den Sculptures and City would become part of the overall installation of works in the JESHOSAPH exhibition.

Supporting films

James Johnson-Perkins also has two feature length films which can be shown in conjunction with this exhibition.

15

15 comprises a montage of footage of the artists life, with 15 seconds filmed every single day throughout 2007. The documentary offers a candid portrait of Johnson-Perkins, reflecting his philosophies on life and art, as well as his personal highs and lows. On a more practical level, it explores how artists' creations are inspired by their environment.

Director: James Johnson-Perkins / Documentary Film / English 
90 minutes / UK 2007

Nostos

Nostos’ is the story of a lost man 'P Man' – an anti hero – struggling to find sense in the world. Recalling events in his life which allow him to piece together his possible reasons for existing. 'P Man' is guided by 'Virgil' a haphazard pseudo-angel who steers him further away from the truth...

Director: James Johnson-Perkins / Short Film / English 
60 minutes / UK 2003-2005

Publicity

He is also always keen to collaborate with venues, and has the relevant skills to produce printed: Advertising Material, Catalogues or books, which can support his exhibitions.

Hosting JEHOSHAPHAT (Information for venues and curators)

Stipulations for hosting this exhibition:

• You need to have a very large exhibition space/s.
• The set up time would be quite considerable, approximately from 2 weeks to a month (Ideally one month), and the more setup volunteers the better.
• You will organise transportation of the work to and from your venue.
• You will have to pay agreed fees to the artist and his collaborators, including travel and accommodation expenses.
• You will need to provide the artist with a signed contract before the the exhibition commences.
• You will need to provide invigilation for the entire duration of the exhibition.
• All signage for the exhibition must be of professional quality and the content must be agreed with the artist before it is displayed.
• You have to be flexible and open regarding: the painting of walls, hanging of and suspension of work. (The installation will be chaotic, in a similar nature to the work of Sarah Size or Tomoko Takahashi)
• The venue would take full responsibility for packing up the works in the exhibition. (Returning works in the same state to which they arrived.)
• The venue would take full responsibility for returning the space/s to their former state.