Multi-disciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota) is the 2021 Visiting Artist at the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico. This means that through July of next year, visitors can observe a unique, site-specific installation created by the dynamic artist, known for his multimedia, large-scale installations that lend a voice to timely issues. Luger’s installation, set up this past July in the museum’s lobby, is the newest component of his Future Ancestral Technologies series.
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota), Future Ancestral Technologies: Unziwoslal wašičuta, repurposed industrial felt, telescoping aluminum poles, caution tape, tulle, spray paint, ribbon, fiberglass rods and paracord
“Consider first that this installation is not an object in space, but in time. Then imagine it is not a relic of the past, but in fact, we are. Now we may relax our gaze and realize that this installation is not inverted, but that our current world is upside down,” says Luger. The piece, Future Ancestral Technologies: Unziwoslal wašičuta, which hangs from the lobby ceiling, is made of repurposed industrial felt, telescoping aluminum poles, caution tape, tulle, spray paint, ribbon, fiberglass rods and paracord.
Cannupa Hanska Luger works on an element of his installation.
“Future Ancestral Technologies looks to customs in order to move us forward,” says the artist, “advancing new materials and new modes of thinking by utilizing science fiction theory, creative storytelling, Indigenous technology and contemporary materials to present future landscapes of harmony.”
Through July 2022
Visiting Artist: Cannupa Hanska Luger
Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 243-7255,
www.albuquerquemuseum.org
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