Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents
Futuristic Retro Ritual
October
James Luna
Approximately 50-100 person capacity
Run Time: 50 minutes
In Futuristic Retro Ritual, a new work commissioned by MCASD, celebrated performance and conceptual artist Luna takes up the iconic image of the American Indian storyteller as a vehicle for his narratives of contemporary Indian life. A Pooyukitchum/Luiseño Indian living on the La Jolla Reservation in northern San Diego County, Luna’s fireside stories incorporate multimedia elements and music, interweaving past and present, autobiography and cultural identity, with poignancy and humor.
Patron Note
This show contains a small amount of adult language. This performance takes place outside. Seating first come, first served.
Walking Travel Time from Festival Village: Less than 1 minute
Due to the nature of live performance, run times may be over or under the estimated time provided. It is recommended to allow 30 minutes between performances.
James Luna
James Luna’s work has been collected by museums nationally and internationally, including The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, New Mexico; Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to name just a few. He was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution to represent the National Museum of the American Indian at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and has numerous received awards including the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art and a Bessie Award from the Dance Theater Workshop of New York.
FREE
All tickets
Performances
- THURS: 8:00 pm
- SAT: 8:00 pm
Location
Festival Village, West side of the Weiss Theatre
