From the MCA to the Whitney; Jenny to Bucky

Jenny Holzer: Project Protect has moved to the Whitney. The next thing at the MCA that I am going to evangelize about is Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. I am, afterall, an architecture groupie. (Here is the feature site for the exhibit.)

On Fuller:

As the myth goes, he went to Lake Michigan to end his life. Instead he was struck by his purpose: “You do not belong to you, you belong to the universe.” Thus, he began his 56-year experiment of “guinea pig B” (“B” for “Bucky”) to see what “an average, healthy human being” resolved to solve problems “on behalf of all humanity” could accomplish.

The MCA's feature site also provides us with quotations from good ole' Bucky. Here are a couple of examples:

"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist."

"Dare to be naïve."

and...

"Probably the most powerful of all trends today is man’s increasing communication."