James Luna

Spring Quarter Diversity Series

James Luna

On Performance Art

Artist Lecture
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Lecture Hall 1

Artist's Performance
Friday, April 25, 2008
Time 8:00 p.m. - Longhouse

Available through the Evergreen Library:

• James Luna : Emendatio / Truman T. Lowe and Paul Chaat Smith, curators
  Evergreen Library Call No.: N6537.L84 A4 2005 .
  This book includes a DVD documentary about Luna's performance at the Venice Biennale in 2005.
• Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: on Objects, Display Culture and Interpretation / edited by Anthony Kiendl. Evergreen
  Library Call No.: N410 .O27 2004 .
  This book includes an essay by James Luna titled "Sun and Moon Blues," (pp. 146-153) and an interview with James Luna by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe titled" I'm Only in it for the Money, Girls, and Fancy Cars" (pp. 154-168).
• Article: "Failures of Self-Seeing: James Luna remembers Dino," by Jane Blocker, from PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art , Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan 2001) pp18-32.
  This article is available through the journal database ArtStor, which the Evergreen Library subscribes to. It is downloadable in PDF file format.
• A series of Video/DVDs that document James Luna's performances will be available from the Evergreen Library in the coming months, including the following performance art pieces: Take a Picture with a Real Indian, Petroglyphs in Motion, The Creation and Destruction of a Reservation , and others.

Here is the artist's website: www.jamesluna.com