We Live Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log

Description

We Live is both an entry log from a time/space jump and documentation of a performative land-based action. The work is set in a future where half of the Earth’s population left the planet after causing its ecological destruction—taking with them the notion of colonization. The remaining inhabitants are left to mourn and apologize to the land. Wearing sensory-muting regalia, the figures use their physical presence to pledge accountability to the land and waters affected by resource extraction and industry. This video illustrates how Future Ancestral Technologies approaches Indigenous futurism, blending media, place, storytelling, and documentation of a living practice. As a short film, it communicates the ethos of Future Ancestral Technologies while evidencing the live actions that the work requires.