Buckminster Fuller Symposium
Cooper Union (7 E 7th Street)
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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.
Friday, September 12
7:00 pm
Keynote Roundtable
Sanford Kwinter, Rice University
Michael Sorkin, The City College of New York School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
Moderated by Anthony Vidler, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union Introduction to the symposium by Allegra Fuller Snyder
Saturday, September 13
10 am
On Architecture, Design and Science
Peter Galison, Harvard University
Chuck Hoberman, designer, artist, engineer and inventor
Felicity Scott, 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
1 pm
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
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Schedule
from September 12, 2008 to September 13, 2008