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Futurist's 1960s vision inspires Western-curated exhibition
Western News
By Debora Van Brenk
March 2, 2022
It is 1968 and the visionary who inspired the iconic geodesic dome at Expo 67 in Montreal, is paying a visit to London.
For six days, architect R. Buckminster Fuller meets with artists, planners, industrialists, professors and students at Western University. Together they brainstorm a techno-utopian future of the planet he calls Spaceship Earth.
Now, Western professors and co-curators Kirsty Robertson and Sarah Smith are revisiting the ideas of Fuller’s conversations in From Remote Stars, a major exhibition opening at Museum London on March 5 and running until May 15 (continue reading).
