Radical Curiosity

Radical Curiosity: In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller

Exhibition Details

22 Jan – 10 Jul 2022

Daily:
10am – 7pm
(Last admission at 6pm)

 

 



  Singapore Residents:
Adult: S$18
Concession: S$14
  Tourists:
Adult: S$21
Concession: S$16

Journey through the universe of inventor and visionary, Buckminster Fuller who worked across multiple disciplines including art, science, architecture and design.

“My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted” – Buckminster Fuller (1885 – 1983)

Radical Curiosity: In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller is a journey through the universe of an unclassifiable investigator, inventor and visionary. Buckminster Fuller worked across multiple disciplines including art, architecture, design, engineering, metaphysics, mathematics and education.

Ahead of his time, he devised a way to combine design and science with a mission to change the world, to make our planet work at 100% of its capacity for 100% of the population, in cooperation, without causing harm.

Fuller’s collaborations with some of the 20th century’s major creators, thinkers, architects and artists has continued to inspire contemporary innovations across multiple disciplines. Fuller foresaw the many global crises humanity faced during his lifetime and he worked tirelessly to guide us as ‘passenger-caretakers' in what he called “our spaceship Earth”.

An ArtScience Museum co-production with Fundación Telefónica, Madrid and guest curators Rosa Pera and José Luis de Vicente.


Guests are encouraged to pre-purchase their tickets online prior to their visit, due to timed entry to the exhibition. 

E-tickets can be purchased here.

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Virtual Tour: Radical Curiosity

Take a peek into Radical Curiosity: In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller exhibition with our Education Specialist, Rad, as she brings us through the galleries. Find out more about Fuller's inventions and ideas for the future in this virtual tour.

Virtual Kids Tour: Radical Curiosity

Ever wondered how the design of a half-sphere in some playgrounds came about? They are called geodesic domes, which was a wonderful idea by an architect named Buckminster Fuller. He has many inventions which may help us in the future! Come explore and find out more about his inventions in this virtual tour with our Education Specialist, Marilia!

Exhibition Curators
Rosa Pera

Rosa Pera is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Independent curator and researcher focused on the strength of design as a transformation operating system through community action and its relationship with fields of knowledge such as science, architecture and contemporary art.

Head of Studies of the Bachelor’s Degree in Design at BAU Arts and Design College of Barcelona. PhD candidate focused on Cultural Studies at Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. She was the founding director of Bòlit Contemporary Art Center in Girona, Spain. She has curated exhibitions such as “On The Table Ai Weiwei” at La Virreina Center of the Image, “Out of Place” in the Design Hub, both in Barcelona and “Portable Culture” at CAAC-Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art in Seville, Spain, and she has been the General Curator of the Global Youth Culture Forum in Jeju, South Korea, organized by UCLG-United Cities Global Governments-UNESCO (2018 and 2019 editions). She is teaching in the Master’s Degree in Design Research and Experimentation at BAU, Design College of Barcelona.

José Luis de Vicente

Curator and cultural researcher. He researches the current and future impact of social and technological innovation through artifacts, objects, and narratives that explore emerging social and political scenarios. His projects are strongly anti disciplinarian, creating contexts of collaboration and dialogue between artists, designers, architects, technologists, scientists, activists, and communities.

He is the curator of Sónar +D, the congress of digital culture and technologies of the Sónar Festival of Barcelona. He was cofounder and codirector of Tentacular, a new festival of Critical Technologies and Digital Adventures in Matadero (Madrid), and is member of the programming team of Llum BCN, the light festival of Barcelona. He has curated several exhibitions, in and outside of Spain, such as “Big Bang Data” and “After the End of the World” (both at the CCCB), “Atmospheric Memory” (Manchester International Festival), “Máquinas y Almas” (Museo Reina Sofia Madrid), “Playtime: Game Mithologies” (Maison D’Ailleurs, Suiza), and others. He teaches at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalunya (IaaC).

Our Partners

Fundación Telefónica
Our Partners
Fundación Telefónica, the social side of the digital age

For more than 20 years, Fundación Telefónica has been working to become a catalyst for social inclusion in the digital age and contribute to creating a world that is fairer, more united and more inclusive. 

Remaining faithful to its technological origins, it puts its trust in the unlimited capacities of new technologies to improve people's lives and connect them to opportunities for digital progress. With that vision in mind, it acts in 41 countries, taking on a transformative role to connect society with education to reduce the educational divide; with the new employability landscape to generate digital professionals who are in demand on the job market; with knowledge and culture to spark shared thinking on the ideas that are changing the world; and with solidarity by spearheading social action so that the most vulnerable people get equal opportunities for development. It does all of this through digital initiatives that are global and inclusive, joining forces with more than 500 organisations and 100 government agencies.

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