Cannupa Hanska Luger: Imagining a Future Rooted in Indigenous Technologies

In the traditions of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota Tribes in the United States, time is not linear. Not only are present generations accountable to those in the future, but ancestral knowledge and understanding is essential to survival now.

Cannupa Hanska Luger takes used materials to present a future where the world is forced to reckon with the damage of colonialism and capitalism, and using Indigenous technologies to survive. For the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship, he will be creating SURVIVA: a play on a survival guide, art book, and a relic from the future to convey that knowledge cultivated in Indigenous culture is critical to our planet’s survival.

The 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship is centered around the theme of Art, Land, and Public Memory. Eighteen artists from around the world will create projects that propose bold solutions to address the climate crisis, reclaim and uplift indigenous knowledge, and imagine and build sustainable futures.

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