From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Mar 3 16:24:18 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:24:18 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] Special Event: Revisit Bucky: Wash. DC, June 11-13 2010 Message-ID: <20100303212418.GA11395@LinuxForce.net> The Synergetics Collaborative, American University (AU) School of International Service (SIS), and Arena Stage are proud to announce a special event on 11-13 June 2010 in Washington, DC Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics In these times of crisis, we need to reconnect with visionary leaders like R. Buckminster Fuller (affectionately known as "Bucky") who can help us solve the critical issues of our time. The special event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" will provide hands-on workshops to introduce fundamental concepts from Bucky's Synergetics, watching the Arena Stage performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, and a series of lectures and discussions to explore how we can build on Bucky's magnum opus, Synergetics. The event consists of five parts: * Reception: Friday, 11 June 2010, 6:00PM - 7:30PM, American University, SIS (School of International Service) building - Join us in AU's new environmentally friendly building designed by William McDonough to launch the "Revisit Bucky" event * Workshops: Saturday 12 June 2010, 8:30AM - 5PM, American University, SIS building - Joe Clinton, Professor John Belt, Nick Tomlin, Jack Higgins, and Tim Havranek will present workshops on geodesics, the vector equilibrium and the closest packing of spheres / isotropic vector matrix * Performance of D.W. Jacobs' award winning play "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE": Saturday 12 June 2010, 8 PM - 11 PM, Arena Stage in Crystal City * Symposium: Sunday 13 June 2010, 9AM - 5PM, American University, SIS building - Keynote Speaker: Amy Edmondson, Harvard University - Other Speakers: Thomas Zung, Shoji Sadao, SIS Dean Louis Goodman, SIS Assistant Dean Joseph Clapper, Stephen M. Levin, MD, Gus Jaccaci, and Martin Brennan * Closing Reception: Sunday 13 June 2010, 7 PM - 9 PM, Steve Levin's place More details are available on the 'Revisit Bucky' event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-Registration is required. Early registration fee is $150 if checks are received before 22 May 2010. Regular registration fee is $175; $75 for students. Special rates are available for AU students and for each part of the event. To attend please fill out the on-line registration form: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Mar 17 14:46:55 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:55 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Forthcoming Bucky Events in DC and IL Message-ID: <20100317184655.GA29774@LinuxForce.net> In addition to the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" special event that the Synergetics Collaborative is organizing in Washington, DC with the Arena Stage and American University, there are a number of other Bucky events to add to your calendar. Here's a quick overview of what I'm aware of so far: 29 March 2010 at Arena Stage in Crystal City, Arlington, VA A Call To Action Special Event with Allegra Fuller Snyder, Jaime Snyder, and D.W. Jacobs RSVP by 22 March: see flyer for details http://blog.arenastage.org/arena_stage_blogs/2010/03/a-call-to-action-.html April 18th - 22nd, 2010, Carbondale, IL The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative 20% Hotel discount deadline today! See web site for details. http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html May 28th - July 4th, Arena Stage in Crystal City, Arlington, VA R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE written and directed by D.W. Jacobs' http://arenastage.org/season/09-10/the-history-mystery-of-the-universe/ June 2nd - June 9th, Washington, DC Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) June 2010 Convergence in Washington, DC http://www.bfi.org June 11th - 13th, Washington, DC Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics A special event with workshops, lectures, and a group viewing of the Arena Stage performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE We expect the show to sell out, so pre-register now! http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Mar 23 16:14:03 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:14:03 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] "Revisit Bucky" event workshop descriptions now on-line Message-ID: <20100323201403.GA7412@LinuxForce.net> As part of the Special Event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics", June 11-13th in Washington DC, there will be three introductory workshops on three topics that are central to Synergetics: Geodesics, the Vector Equilibrium (or "Jitterbug"), and the Closest Packing of Spheres. You can read expanded descriptions for these three "courses" at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/workshops.html To ensure that we have enough workshop materials for all participants, please register for the event as soon as possible at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html To learn more about the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" event, visit its home page at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html -- We are on a spaceship; a beautiful one. It took billions of years to develop. We're not going to get another. Now, how do we make this spaceship work? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Apr 14 14:32:39 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:32:39 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Events: "Revisit Bucky", Carbondale IL, Wash. DC, Paris, & more Message-ID: <20100414183239.GA28818@LinuxForce.net> This year is looking like a watershed year overflowing with Bucky events! At the Synergetics Collaborative, we are most excited about the "Revisit Bucky" event from June 11-13th, including the performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, our introductory Workshops on Geodesics, the Jitterbug, and the closest packing of spheres, and the presentations by Amy Edmondson, J. Marc Greuther of The Henry Ford Museum and other speakers at William McDonough's new green building at the American University School of International Service (SIS). For the full event details, please see the "Revisit Bucky" event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-registration is required (and especially important so we can order enough kits for workshops and enough tickets for the play!!!!). So please register now at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Other Bucky Events ===== ===== ====== * Next week in Carbondale, IL: The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative April 18th - April 22nd, 2010: http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html * Arena Stage just announced these and other Bucky events in the Washington DC area associated with the opening of the play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE http://www.arena-stage.org/about/news/bucky-events.shtml * The Buckminster Fuller Institute's June 2010 Convergence In Washington D.C. is announced here http://bfi-internal.org/challenge/2010_PressRelease_3.15.10_draft.pdf - Highlights include The Buckminster Fuller Challenge $100,000 Prize Conferring Ceremony at The National Press Club on June 2 and the Opening night of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE at Arena Stage on June 3 at 6 PM. * BigPictureSmallWorld, Inc. is organizing the 2010 Design Science: Global Solutions Lab at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, and the United Nations in New York, June 13 - 21, 2010 http://designsciencelab.com/ * Jim Nystrom (who has written a number of interesting papers about the Isotropic Vector Matrix: see his web page at http://myhomepage.ferris.edu/~nystroj/) is organizing the 2nd Cellular Automata Workshop of WorldComp 10 July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA. He would like to see more Synergetics-focused papers in that workshop. http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/conferences/csc10/cellular-automata-theory-and-applications * Rediscovering Buckminster Fuller on 1 September - 9 October 2010 at Ivorypress Art+Books in Madrid, Spain. See http://www.ivorypress.com/space/exposicion2_en.htm Non-Bucky But Related Events ========= === ======= ====== NOTE: These are all listed on the Home page for the Synergetics Collaborative on the right-hand side in the section "Related Conferences and Workshops". * Nexus Association for Architecture and Mathematics is organizing Nexus 2010: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics 13-15 June 2010, Porto, Portugal. http://www.nexusjournal.com/CFS-Nexus2010.html * ISAMA 2010 (The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture) Chicago IL, USA, from 21-25 June 2010. http://www.isama.org/conf/ * Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) is organizing their 17th Annual Conference from June 23-26 2010 at Cal State in Long Beach, CA, USA. http://conf17.worldnpa.org/ * The Tesla Science Foundation is organizing the Tesla Energy Independence Celebration (TEIC) 2010 conference in Philadelphia July 9-11, 2010 http://www.nikolateslaclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:tesla-energy-independence-celebration-2010-conference&catid=47:projects&Itemid=146 * Bridges: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture is organizing Bridges 2010 P?cs, Hungary, July 24-28. http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2010/ * American Society for Cybernetics is organizing Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, July 29 - August 5. http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2010/ * International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) is organizing IASS Symposium 2010: Temporary And Permanent Structures For Expo November 8-12, 2010 in Shanghai, China. http://www.iass-structures.org/index.cfm/page/activities/IS/PS2010.htm Remember to pre-register for the "Revisit Bucky" event on June 11-13: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Apr 14 14:35:58 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:35:58 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Events: "Revisit Bucky", Carbondale IL, Wash. DC, Paris, & more Message-ID: <20100414183558.GA29266@LinuxForce.net> This year is looking like a watershed year overflowing with Bucky events! At the Synergetics Collaborative, we are most excited about our special event "Revisit Bucky" in Washington DC from June 11-13th, including the performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, our introductory Workshops on Geodesics, the Jitterbug, and the closest packing of spheres, and the presentations by Amy Edmondson, J. Marc Greuther of The Henry Ford Museum and other speakers at William McDonough's new green building at the American University School of International Service (SIS). For the full event details, please see the "Revisit Bucky" event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-registration is required (and especially important so we can order enough kits for workshops and enough tickets for the play!!!!). So please register now at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Other Bucky Events ===== ===== ====== * Next week in Carbondale, IL: The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative April 18th - April 22nd, 2010: http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html * Arena Stage just announced these and other Bucky events in the Washington DC area associated with the opening of the play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE http://www.arena-stage.org/about/news/bucky-events.shtml * The Buckminster Fuller Institute's June 2010 Convergence In Washington D.C. is announced here http://bfi-internal.org/challenge/2010_PressRelease_3.15.10_draft.pdf - Highlights include The Buckminster Fuller Challenge $100,000 Prize Conferring Ceremony at The National Press Club on June 2 and the Opening night of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE at Arena Stage on June 3 at 6 PM. * BigPictureSmallWorld, Inc. is organizing the 2010 Design Science: Global Solutions Lab at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, and the United Nations in New York, June 13 - 21, 2010 http://designsciencelab.com/ * Jim Nystrom (who has written a number of interesting papers about the Isotropic Vector Matrix: see his web page at http://myhomepage.ferris.edu/~nystroj/) is organizing the 2nd Cellular Automata Workshop of WorldComp 10 July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA. He would like to see more Synergetics-focused papers in that workshop. http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/conferences/csc10/cellular-automata-theory-and-applications * Rediscovering Buckminster Fuller on 1 September - 9 October 2010 at Ivorypress Art+Books in Madrid, Spain. See http://www.ivorypress.com/space/exposicion2_en.htm Non-Bucky But Related Events ========= === ======= ====== NOTE: These are all listed on the Home page for the Synergetics Collaborative on the right-hand side in the section "Related Conferences and Workshops". * Nexus Association for Architecture and Mathematics is organizing Nexus 2010: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics 13-15 June 2010, Porto, Portugal. http://www.nexusjournal.com/CFS-Nexus2010.html * ISAMA 2010 (The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture) Chicago IL, USA, from 21-25 June 2010. http://www.isama.org/conf/ * Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) is organizing their 17th Annual Conference from June 23-26 2010 at Cal State in Long Beach, CA, USA. http://conf17.worldnpa.org/ * The Tesla Science Foundation is organizing the Tesla Energy Independence Celebration (TEIC) 2010 conference in Philadelphia July 9-11, 2010 http://www.nikolateslaclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:tesla-energy-independence-celebration-2010-conference&catid=47:projects&Itemid=146 * Bridges: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture is organizing Bridges 2010 P?cs, Hungary, July 24-28. http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2010/ * American Society for Cybernetics is organizing Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, July 29 - August 5. http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2010/ * International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) is organizing IASS Symposium 2010: Temporary And Permanent Structures For Expo November 8-12, 2010 in Shanghai, China. http://www.iass-structures.org/index.cfm/page/activities/IS/PS2010.htm Remember to pre-register for the "Revisit Bucky" event on June 11-13: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue May 4 17:16:15 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 17:16:15 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Time to Register for 'Revisit Bucky' event on June 11-13 Message-ID: <20100504211615.GA19974@LinuxForce.net> If you or someone you know is planning to join us in Washington DC for the special event 'Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics', make sure to fill out the on-line registration now (see the extra important reason at the end of this memo): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Full event details are on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html The event on June 11-13, 2010 will be held at American University and at Arena Stage in Crystal City. So if you are travelling, you will want to find a place to stay that is close to both venues. American University has two documents on-line with lists of local hotels: http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/Local-Hotels.cfm http://www.american.edu/ocl/uc/upload/Hotels-in-the-Metropolitan-DC-Area.pdf We know that some registrants are staying in Crystal City (which is closer to the Arena Stage since Saturday night's play will end at 10:30 PM): - Crystal Gateway Marriott http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wasgw-crystal-gateway-marriott/ - Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan National Airport Hotel http://www.hamptoninncc.com/ This google search will find many other options in Crystal City: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=crystal+city+arlington+hotel&start=0&sa=N Arena Stage has contacted me twice this week looking for a final count on how many in our group will be attending the performance of "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE". So we really need you to fill out the on-line registration form so we can let them know! Please fill it out now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Sun May 16 13:52:19 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:52:19 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Revisit Bucky deadline; New Video: Fast-Forward Retrospectiv Message-ID: <20100516175218.GA28284@LinuxForce.net> Our next event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" is fast approaching. The early bird registration deadline is this Friday! So if you plan to attend please fill out a registration and mail in your checks. http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html For more information about the event, please see the web page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Also, there is a new video "Fast-Forward Retrospective" of Victor Acevedo discussing his work in the context of Bucky, 20th century art and science, and the work of other Synergetics Collaborative members such as Tom Miller and Don Briddell. Victor has produced a great prelude to "Revisit Bucky". Watch the video at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5YhHtzH4co -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed May 19 15:43:19 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:43:19 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Revisit Bucky Event: Schedule & Posters are on-line Message-ID: <20100519194319.GA550@LinuxForce.net> Final reminder: Friday is the last day for "early bird" registrations. Please register to attend now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html A full schedule for the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" special event is now on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/schedule.jun.2010.html Thanks to Nick Tomlin and Sunhae Layna Cho of the Rhode Island School of Design, we have two flyers for the Revisit Bucky event Flyer 1: JPEG Format (5.6M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final1.jpg PDF Format (0.9M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final1.pdf Flyer 2: JPEG Format (2.4M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final2.jpg PDF Format (0.6M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final2.pdf Please post these flyers where they may be seen by others who might want to learn about Bucky and Synergetics at our event next month on 11-13 June 2010. Final reminder: Friday is the last day for "early bird" registrations. Please register to attend now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Jul 13 13:13:28 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:13:28 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Bucky Fuller & Spaceship Earth; 1 Sep - 30 Oct; Madrid, Spain Message-ID: <20100713171328.GA5120@LinuxForce.net> Thomas Zung forwarded this announcement to me. If you will be in Europe in Sep or Oct, you'll want to add Madrid to your itinerary to see this show. The opening is on 9 September. IVORYPRESS ART+BOOKS PRESENTS BUCKY FULLER & SPACESHIP EARTH 1 SEPTEMBER - 30 OCTOBER 2010 Elena Ochoa Foster and Ivorypress Team invite you to the opening of the exhibition Bucky Fuller & Spaceship Earth at Ivorypress Art + Books Curated by Norman Foster and Luis Fern?ndez-Galiano 9th September 2010, 7.30pm - 9pm C/ Comandante Zorita 48, 28020 Madrid, Spain BUCKY FULLER & SPACESHIP EARTH Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (1895-1983) was an American genius who defied categorisation. He could be described variously as a green environmentalist, a prophetic visionary, a poet, architect, mathematician, map-maker and teacher, although he is most popularly known for his geodesic domes. I was privileged to collaborate with Bucky for the last 12 years of his life and this had a profound influence on my own work and thinking. Inevitably, I also gained an insight into his philosophy and achievements. With Luis Fern?ndez-Galiano, my co-curator for this exhibition, we have tried to show Bucky and the broad range of his work in the context of his time. Bucky's early career coincided with the streamline age which touched everything from the design of Zeppelins and aircraft to cars and trains and even houses. We reveal how these designs set the scene for some of his most radical proposals in the late 1920s and '30s. The exhibition charts the key chapters of Bucky's long career using photographs, original drawings, models and structures together with the recently completed recreation of his futuristic Dymaxion Car, which is shown here for the first time. In 1951 Fuller drew attention to the ecological issues of today when he referred to "spaceship earth" and the fragility of the planet, as such his work and observations are even more important now than they were in his lifetime. RSVP opening at ivorypress.com T +34 91 310 78 58 This exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Foster + Partners Ivorypress Art + Books C/ Comandante Zorita 48 28020 Madrid, Spain T: +34 91 449 09 61 F: +34 91 570 98 64 www.ivorypress.com On-line Invitation: http://www.ivorypress.com/BuckyFuller/BuckyFuller_Invitation5.html -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Mon Aug 16 18:54:12 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:54:12 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] World Resources Simulation Center, 7-30 Sep 2010, San Diego, CA Message-ID: <20100816225412.GA9312@LinuxForce.net> This announcement is from our friends at GENI (Global Energy Network Institute) another non-profit inspired by Bucky's work: In September, GENI (http://www.geni.org) is hosting a month-long demonstration of the World Resources Simulation Center (http://www.wrsc.org) in San Diego. We are focusing on two critical issues that are important to all regions: "Energy and Water in Southern California: Moving to Sustainability" (http://wrsc.org/?page_id=1735) Energy & Water Sustainability in Southern California - Moving to Sustainability - September 7 - 30, San Diego CA Energy and water are currently in stress in many regions around the world, and Southern California is no exception. Imports of energy and water from outside the region create risks and uncertainties - and become unsustainable as population increases. We face a complex set of interconnected issues which require solutions -- policy requirements to reduce carbon dioxide and vehicle miles traveled, development of new transmission lines and rooftop solar, desalination and water reuse. This is not a conference, but an immersive working environment to demonstrate the day-to-day work of the WRSC (World Resources Simulation Center). Large scale visualization, core questioning and facilitated interaction will enable leaders from our region and the world to literally "see" the issues, trends and future scenarios. The event is meant to inspire our guests and demonstrate the extraordinary possibility of a visualization center specifically focused on designing a sustainable future. We will deeply examine the trends, projections, GIS visualizations, scenarios and options of these two complex and interconnected issues. We are honored by our co-hosts: San Diego State Univ. VizLab, SDSU Geography Dept., California Center for Sustainable Energy and our venue being the New School of Architecture and Design. For more information about the event, visit: http://wrsc.org/?page_id=1735 You can subscribe to GENI's newsletter here: https://www.geni.org/globalenergy/features/action_items/newsletter_subscription.shtml -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Thu Nov 11 10:04:54 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:04:54 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] Save The Dates: 10-13 November 2011: 3rd Design Science Symposium Message-ID: <20101111150454.GA30238@LinuxForce.net> Please save the dates 10-13 November 2011 for the 2011 Biennial Design Science Symposium at RISD The Synergetics Collaborative and The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) are organizing a symposium on Nature, Geometry, and the Symmetry of Space: Tetrahedron Discovers Itself and Universe in Providence, RI on 10-13 Nov 2011. We are again planning to have an art show in the Waterman Gallery (the opening for the art show will be on Thursday 10 November 2011). More details to follow. The home page for the 2011 Biennial Design Science Symposium at RISD is http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.11.html The Biennial Design Science Symposia at RISD The Synergetics Collaborative and The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) have organized Biennial Design Science Symposia at RISD since 2007. These symposia explore the field of Design Science and provide an interactive meeting of makers, thinkers, practitioners and educators. We strive to keep the work of R. Buckminster Fuller current, relevant, and applied. Fuller's design approach as "comprehensive anticipatory design science" combines an emphasis on individual initiative and integrity with whole systems thinking, scientific rigor and faithful reliance on nature's underlying principles. The first event in 2007 was on the theme of "Synergetics and Morphology: Explorations into the Shapes of Nature". In 2009 the theme was "Design Science: Nature's Problem Solving Method". This year the tradition continues with an event focusing on the theme of "Nature, Geometry, and the Symmetry of Space". Remember to save the dates 10-13 November 2011 to attend the Symposium! If you haven't watched all 14 of our videos on YouTube, check them out at http://www.youtube.com/SynergeticsCollab Finally, some of you might be interested in a blog I started writing that talks about Bucky and Synergetics: http://blog.CJFearnley.com/ -- How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world. --- Anne Frank CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Nov 17 14:24:07 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:24:07 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] New Video: Cheryl Clark: On Precession Message-ID: <20101117192407.GA9902@LinuxForce.net> We just put a new video of Cheryl Clark on __Precession__ onto our YouTube channel. You can watch the Precession video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l00jgcH1FA A big thank you to the whole video team including the unsung heroes who volunteer to run the cameras! A special thank you is due to the Donald Fusaro Memorial Fund for their generous donation. To contribute to our video production work, please send tax-deductible contributions with "video project" in the memo field of your check or money order and mail them to Synergetics Collaborative 240 Copley Road Upper Darby, PA 19082-4016 Reminder: save the dates 10-13 November 2011 for the Third Biennial Design Science Symposium at RISD. The theme will be "Nature, Geometry, and the Symmetry of Space: Tetrahedron Discovers Itself and Universe". More information is available on the event's home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.11.html -- How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world. --- Anne Frank CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Thu Dec 9 15:49:20 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:49:20 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] RBF Play & Special Event January 2011 in Cambridge, MA Message-ID: <20101209204920.GA6182@LinuxForce.net> Please join the Synergetics Collaborative, American Reperatory Theater, Foundation for New Directions (FND), and the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), in attending a performance of the play "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE" written and directed by D. W. Jacobs. After the performance on Saturday afternoon, January 22, you are invited to participate in a collaborative hands-on exhibit with a special educational program led by George Hart of MoMath. On the following day, Sunday Jan 23rd, join us for a day-long seminar/discussion "Building on the Work of Marvin Solit" at FND, also in Cambridge, MA. Jan 14 - Feb 5: American Reperatory Theater (A.R.T) will present the play "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE". Synergetics Collaborative, MoMath, and FND are organizing an exhibit that will be on display throughout the run of the play. Jan 22, 4:30 PM: George Hart of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) will lead a special human-scale geometry activity with a connection to the geometrical work of R. Buckminster Fuller and Dr. Marvin Solit in the West Lobby of A.R.T. immediately following the matinee performance of the R. Buckminster Fuller play. A ticket stub from any performance of the play will get you into the West Lobby to participate in the "barnraising". In addition, the exhibit at the A.R.T., West Lobby will be expanded and people from the Synergetics Collaborative, MoMath and FND will be on hand to discuss, explain, demonstrate and engage participants with the displays some of which will be hands-on. The Foundation for New Directions (FND) exhibits will concern geometry and related subjects and artifacts developed by the late Dr. Marvin Solit, who was a founding member of the Synergetics Collaborative and FND. Jan 23, 10AM - 4PM: The Foundation for New Directions (FND) will host a seminar and discussion "Building on the Work of Marvin Solit". More details are available on the Special Event Home Page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.01.html Please RSVP by filling out a registration form: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html -- How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world. --- Anne Frank CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Dec 14 17:15:53 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:15:53 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] New Video: Marvin Solit on Hierarchy of Polyvertexia Message-ID: <20101214221553.GA6667@LinuxForce.net> Thanks to videographer Victor Acevedo we now have a clip of the late Dr. Marvin Solit on "Hierarchy of Polyvertexia (Polyhedra)" on-line. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHanKNSrho This video assumes knowledge of some technical geometry vocabulary. Here is a partial glossary with links to Wikipedia: - Vector Equilibrium is Bucky's name for the cuboctahedron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_equilibrium - 30-verti is Marvin's name for the icosidodecahedron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30-verti - The dodecahedron, icosahedron, cube and octahedron are "platonic solids": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid - Compound of five cubes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_of_five_cubes Marvin's work will be a theme at our 22 & 23 January 2011 event in Cambridge, MA next month. You can find out more about that event at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.01.html Please register for the January event at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html Also, the material in this video is very relevant to the theme selected for the Third Design Science Symposium which we are organizing in November 2011. More information about that event is at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.11.html I look forward to seeing everyone next month in Cambridge, MA at the special event which includes seeing a performance of the play "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE" written and directed by D. W. Jacobs, a geometry activity with George Hart of the Museum of Mathematics, and a Discussion/Seminar "Building on the Work of Marvin Solit". Check out the event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.01.html -- How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world. --- Anne Frank CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Dec 21 11:44:12 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:44:12 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] Tickets for RBF Play; Dymaxion Car #4; Lalvani in NYC Message-ID: <20101221164412.GA5855@LinuxForce.net> It is now possible to order tickets for "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE" in Cambridge, MA. Performances start on Jan 14th and run through Feb 5th. During previews (1/14 - 1/18) all tickets are $35 (for A and B sections). After previews tickets are from $25 - $65 (the $25 tickets are for the last two rows in the theater). You can take advantage of a special offer to see the Saturday, January 22nd 2:00pm or the Sunday, January 23rd 7:30pm performance by using the Promotional Code THIRTYVERTI for $35 tickets (Normally $50-$65) for those two specific performances. This discount can not be combined with any other offers such as Student, $25 advance or Senior Discount and are subject to availability. Tickets are on a first come, first served basis, so please order your tickets for the play now. Tickets can be purchased online at www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org, by phone at 617.547.8300, or in person at the A.R.T. Box Office, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Please register for the event on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html Jan 22 Special Exhibit ====== ======= ======= After the Saturday, January 22nd 2:00pm performance, the Synergetics Collaborative, Foundation for New Directions (FND), Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), and American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will present an exhibit featuring a special geometry activity led by George Hart of MoMath. Synergetics Collaborative, MoMath and FND will have people on hand to discuss, explain, demonstrate and engage participants with the displays. Some displays will be hands-on. Jan 23 Discussion/Seminar ====== ================== On Sunday, 23 January from 10am to 4pm, the Foundation for New Directions (FND) will host a discussion seminar on "Building on Marvin Solit's Work". We plan to break in time so that interested participants can go to the theater to see the Dymaxion Car #4 presentation (see next item). Please either bring a potluck or pre-register and bring $15 so we can provide enough food for lunch and snacks. Jan 23 Special Presentation ====== ======= ============ After the Sunday, January 23rd 2pm and 7:30pm performances, the Synergetics Collaborative and American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will present a special presentation by Thomas T. K. Zung on Lord Norman Foster's Dymaxion Car #4. Thomas T. K. Zung was Buckminster Fuller's long-time architectural partner, editor of the book Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millenium, and a Distiguished Fellow to the Stanford University Libraries. Anyone with a ticket stub for a performance of the A.R.T. production of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE will be able to attend the special events at the A.R.T. by presenting their ticket stub to gain access. The special events are scheduled for 4:30pm after a matinee performance and 10pm after the evening performance. Please register for the event on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.01.2011.html More details are on the event web page at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2011.01.html 2Point5D+ is a show by Haresh Lalvani at the de Castellane Gallery, 525 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. It runs through 14 February 2011. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Friday, Noon-7pm; Saturday-Sunday, Noon-8pm; Mon/Tue: closed. More information about the exhibit is at http://www.corecuration.com/?p=93 http://www.decastellanegallery.com/ You can watch a clip from Haresh Lalvani's presentation on "Mapping the Morphoverse" from our 2005 Symposium on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEEy4pECu9k The Synergetics Collaborative is an educational and scientific 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our web site is at http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org and we've posted more than a dozen videos on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/SynergeticsCollab . To help us build our educational and scientific mission and prepare more videos and events, please make a tax deductible contribution by mailing a check for $25, $50 or $100 to Synergetics Collaborative 240 Copley Road Upper Darby, PA 19082-4016 -- How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world. --- Anne Frank CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller