Rockets, moon & space stations. Wallpaper c. 1950
I think I dislike things that are familiar or ordinary. I seriously hate Japanese housing complexes (though not as much as before, for I can now see them from a different angle), I don’t like the shapes of spoons, forks, and cars. I want to see what I have never seen before.
The World of Buckminster Fuller, an 85 minute DVD by Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Snyder told entirely in Bucky’s own words.
I recently visited Chicago for a printmaking conference and stopped by the Museum of Contemporary Art. To my surprise, I got to see and experience a wonderful exhibit, Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. The exhibit was brought to Chicago and organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art showcasing a large collection of drawings, photographs, books and models. What an incredible man. He put it best by saying, “a designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist.” I am amazed at how he envisioned the world, how he was at the forefront of environmentalism and how he was an advocate for every man. 
(Photo credit: lambcutlet.org)
Inside Expo ‘67 in Montreal (Photo credit: SCAD Visual Resource Database)
Geodesic domes at the Eden Project (Photo credit: Jürgen Matern on Wikipedia)
Take a look at the MCA’s website for the exhibit where you can download the gallery guide in addition to an audio tour as told by Jamie Snyder, Bucky’s grandson.
People say to me, ‘I wonder what it would be like to be on a spaceship.’ And I say to you, you don’t really realize what you’re doing because everybody is an astronaut. You all live aboard a beautiful little spaceship called Earth.
