…At Standing Rock in 2016, Luger put a call out through social media that mobilized an estimated 1000 people to create “mirror shields” that served in the resistance to the North Dakota Pipeline. Together, the front-line “water protectors” literally reflected the militancy of the anti-protesters in an attempt to create a divide that did not separate the two sides, rather reaffirmed the value of water versus the perceived need for oil. The Mirror Shield Project was Luger’s first engagement with social practice; however, at the time, Luger had no idea what that term meant, because to him, “all art is social practice.”
Originally published in March 2022 issue of Ceramics Monthly, pages 33-37 . http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org . Copyright, The American Ceramic Society. Reprinted with permission.
