TRANSMUTATION
Transmutation
Transmutation extends Luger’s ongoing interventions in public space, where speculative fiction, land-based restoration, and acts of collective empathy intertwine.
This work stands as both elegy and testament, mourning the loss of wild buffalo populations while honoring the enduring strength of Indigenous communities. Two towering portals, crowned with colossal buffalo skulls, frame a suspended mesh fabric adorned with thousands of ribbons, each one knotted and inscribed with messages by the hands of community members. In this shared ritual of remembrance and repair, the simple act of tying a ribbon becomes a gesture of solidarity, binding past, present, and future in an intricate weave of kinship and renewal.
Presented in partnership with University of Massachusetts Boston Arts on the Point and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, Transmutation is a living memorial that calls upon the collective to reckon with loss, to celebrate resilience, and to take part in the ongoing work of healing.
Community Workshops at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
In collaboration with Art on the Point and Native American & Indigenous Studies
