VIDEOSTALGIA

 

 
Geordie Famous, 2024
 
Red Free, 2022
 
Need Square, 2021  
 
Shoot Venice, 2019
 
Nepal Love, 2016

Johnson-Perkins’ VIDEOSTALGIA works combine important and poignant places, such as: Venice, New York, Moscow, Kathmandu and Muscat. They also contain performance to camera, nostalgic music, and re-framed well known and culturally loved music and TV programs, which include remakes of 80’s songs, such as Queen’s ‘I want to break Free’, and episodes of ‘The A Team’ and ‘Knight Rider’ changed into ASCII Code and ZX Spectrum Graphics.

In these VIDEOSTALGIA works, the artist tries to capture the essence of particular times and places, and explores emotions and memories associated with it. By combining film, music, and performance, he creates a multi-sensory experience that transports viewers, whilst also inviting them to reflect on their own experiences and emotions that relate to former retrospective times. These works also aim to shed new light and to offer fresh perspectives and interpretations and represent exciting and innovative way to explore the complex interplay between memory, nostalgia, and cultural ‘POP’ heritage.