Visionary designer, philosopher, poet, inventor, engineer, and advocate of sustainability, Buckminster Fuller was one of the great transdisciplinary thinkers of the last century with a legacy that extends to nearly every field of the arts and sciences. This symposium takes its cue from Fuller's dictum, "I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment," and explores the diverse ways in which contemporary scholars and practitioners are pushing Fuller's ideas and projects into the 21st century.
12 September 2008, 19:00
Keynote Roundtable
Sanford Kwinter (Rice University)
Michael Sorkin (Michael Sorkin Studio)
Moderated by: Anthony Vidler (The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union)
Introduction to the symposium by Allegra Fuller Snyder)
13 September 2008
10:00: On Architecture, Design, and Science
Peter Galison (Harvard University)
Chuck Hoberman (Designer, Artist, Engineer, and Inventor)
Felicity Scott (The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University)
Anthony Vidler (The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union)
Moderated by: K. Michael Hays (Whitney Museum of American Art; Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
13:00: On Influence and Contemporary Art
Carol Bove (Artist)
Pedro Reyes (Artist)
Elizabeth A. T. Smith (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
Victoria Vesna (Artist)
Moderated by: Dana Miller (Whitney Museum of American Art)
This symposium will run in conjunction with the exhibition Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, on view between 26 June - 21 September 2008. It is co-sponsored by The Architectural League of New York and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union.
Konuyla İlgili Linkler