Past, Present & Future: Decolonization Through American Indian Performance & Installation Art
type: CreativeWork
description: Performance and installation art are unique creative outlets which have the benefit of undefined or blurred boundaries. Both performance art and installation art provide creative formats which present a means to address the cultural struggles that Indians face throughout the Americas. In examining the work of artists like the Postcommodity Collective, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, James Luna and Erica Lord, the connection between performance and installation art and Indian culture can be made. This special relationship creates a method for addressing issues such as identity, gender, colonization, sexuality, prejudice and spirituality. As an artist and an Indian, I am including my own creative process as a part of my research to actualize my own decolonization process in creating a performance piece to better relate with these artists and my culture.
abstract: Performance and installation art are unique creative outlets which have the benefit of undefined or blurred boundaries. Both performance art and installation art provide creative formats which present a means to address the cultural struggles that Indians face throughout the Americas. In examining the work of artists like the Postcommodity Collective, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, James Luna and Erica Lord, the connection between performance and installation art and Indian culture can be made. This special relationship creates a method for addressing issues such as identity, gender, colonization, sexuality, prejudice and spirituality. As an artist and an Indian, I am including my own creative process as a part of my research to actualize my own decolonization process in creating a performance piece to better relate with these artists and my culture.
author: Canby, Victoria G.
keywords: Performance Art, Installation Art, American Indian, American Indian Traditions, Decolonization, Cultural Struggles for American Indians, Arts and Humanities
date published: 2016-05-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:04:35Z
provider: Dominican University of California
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Dominican University of California