FUTURE IMAGINARIES: INDIGENOUS ART, FASHION & TECHNOLOGY
Future Imaginaries, the collective exhibition at The Autry Museum of the American West, explores the rise of Futurism in contemporary Indigenous art as a means of enduring colonial trauma, creating alternative futures and advocating for Indigenous technologies in a more inclusive present and sustainable future.
As the artist Rose Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo Descent) explains, from her perspective, the idea of apocalypse is “an opportunity for innovation and for reflection and renewal. In a sense…Indigenous people have been at a privilege when it comes to any kind of hardship because we’ve already survived.”
With the rise of the Red Power and the American Indian Movement in the 1970s, Native artists began looking to science fiction and imagined futures as a means of reclaiming agency within an increasingly technological society. By re-imagining aspects of pre-contact culture such as sovereignty, Indigenous technologies and sustainable lifeways in dialogue with both contemporary life and future imaginaries.
Indigenous artists today are redefining what constitutes Native American art, helping their communities to heal from intergenerational trauma and creating pathways to a better life for Indigenous peoples and our shared planet.
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Three Sisters, 2022 Courtesy of Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
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Will Wilson (Diné), K’ómoks Imperial Stormtrooper (Andy Everson), Citizen of the K’ómoks First Nation, from the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange, dzidz elalic series, 2017, printed 2019. Archival pigment print, 56 ¼ x 44 ¼ in. Courtesy of the artist.
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Stirs up the Dust, 2011, Wendy Red Star. Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., Autry Museum, Los Angeles; Courtesy of Wendy Red Star. Autry museum of the American West, 2018.
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Jai Nopek, Recon Watchman, 2022. Courtesy of Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo).
Featuring works of art ranging in size from jewelry and elaborately dressed mannequins to monumental sculptures and room-sized installations, Future Imaginaries will intersperse works throughout the museum, creating unexpected encounters and dialogues between contemporary Indigenous creations and historic works from the Autry collections.
The exhibition comprises approximately 58 works, including 50 loans, most directly from the artists. At least nine new works were created for the exhibition, including the site-specific installations ReVolt 1680/2180: Sirens and Sikas by Virgil Ortiz and Stirs Up the Dust by Wendy Red Star.
Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present.
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