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Transform/Sustain
Socially Engaged Performance2018
The public is invited to complete the following two sentences
"If I could keep one thing in the world, I would sustain ______________"
"If I could change one thing in the world, I would transform __________"
while I and artist Hector Canonge apply gold leaf to non-biodegradable trash.
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The Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
Performance Installation & Social Engagement2015, 9' diameter footprint
Portable ritual space.
Climate change related Tarot readings inside.
Image credits include Melissa Blackall & Wendy Whitesell.
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
- James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
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Last Rockets
2011 to present, Ongoing Body of Drawings & ObjectsSpeculative research into the last rocket.
- Last Rocket - James Leonard
- Last Rocket, detail - James Leonard
- Last Rocket - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
- Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
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Shirts
2014 to present, ongoing series ofiron-on transfers on shirts.
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Seeking Diviners
Book, 2015, 5" x 8", 82 pages with insertsImages and text documenting a year spent exploring divination
at the dawn of the Anthropocene.
Includes photographs by Nina Mouritzen, Molly Gallentine,
Michael Duva, and James Leonard
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Captain America
2008 Remaster, Video MonologuePortrait sitter Lazzarus riffs on the 80-year Captain America narrative.
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No Fishing Signs
2011, Paint & Ink on CardboardOpen edition of approximately 200. Installed en masse.
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Installation View
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Sign
- No Fishing Installation View
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A Kiss For Luck
2013, Live Performance & Installationproject tumblr #akissforluck July 24 - August 11
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
- James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
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Winter Codex
2014, typewritten text on 3" x 5" cardMethods of divination as catalogued on Wikipedia
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Magic
2007, Video portraitJax details her ten years work as a horse whisperer in this 34 minute monologue
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Reliquaries
2013 to present, mixed mediaMaterials gathered from an ongoing series of process based performance works.
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Hypercubes as Mandala
2010 to present, ballpoint on 3" x 5" cardHypercubes and other transdimensional shapes drawn daily as mandala
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The Warbonds Project
2005 to present, Live Performance & Editioned Security PrintsCertificates available from Fuse Works
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Tear Sheet
2013, Serigraph on Tissue PaperOpen edition used to wrap and pack purchased artworks
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I Dream of Publicity
2004, Offset on Paper & Movie Poster Display with Chaser Lights -
unSuicide Note
2011, Pen on PaperEach copy transcribed from the prior, edition of 500.
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Mute
1994, Body Work5 hours mute in London in public spaces. No verbal thought.
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Running Fences
2010 to present, Steel Wire & Found WoodOngoing series of site specific fences installed in domestic spaces.
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
- Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
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Sky & Culture
1995 - 1996, street performanceSold subscriptions to Sky and membership plans to Culture
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Hungry Dust
2005, Flocked Posters, Nylon Rope & Binding Tackle -
Two Monkeys’ Cudgel
2002, Rubber, Wood, Metal