Future Ancestral Technologies in collaboration with Fabricatorz Foundation and Cannupa Hanska Luger featured in Artsy’s “5 Standout Exhibitions Showcasing Indigenous American Artists This Summer”

In the recent Counterpublic triennial, a civic exhibition in St. Louis, Luger created another participatory work in the form of an augmented reality digital overlay activated on Instagram. Future Ancestral Technologies: Roaming (2023) brings to life seven different figures in Midéegaadi (“buffalo” in Hidatsa) regalia through users’ cell phones or tablets. The work reinstates the buffalo—a symbol of survival and adaptation for many Indigenous peoples—on the land in St. Louis and wherever users activate the work through their devices.