29 CHAINS TO THE MOON: Artists' Schemes for a Fantastic Future

Guest curated by Andrea Grover, independent curator, artist and writer

Organized by Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Purnell Center for the Arts

Exibit runs August 28 - December 6, 2009

PROGRAMS on Friday, September 11, 2009, at the Miller Gallery

1-4pm	Open_Sailing Workshop
5-6pm	Gallery Tour with Curator
6-8pm	2009: A Taste Odyssey Reception

Artists: Open_Sailing, Stephanie Smith, Mitchell Joachim/Terreform ONE
In the Resource Room: The Buckminster Fuller Institute, Lowry Burgess, International Space University, The Seasteading Institute

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

In 1938, the visionary designer R. Buckminster Fuller wrote Nine Chains to the Moon, his radical proposal for improving the quality of life for all humankind via progressive design and maximization [1] of the world’s finite resources. The title was a metaphor for cooperation – if all of humankind stood on each other’s shoulders we could complete nine chains to the moon. Today, the population of the planet has increased more than three times to 6.7 billion (we could now complete 29 chains to the moon), and the successful distribution of energy, food, and shelter to over 9 billion humans by 2050 requires some fantastic schemes. Like Fuller’s revelation from five decades earlier, 29 Chains to the Moon features artists who put forth radical proposals, from seasteads and tree habitats to gift-based cultures, to make the world work for everyone.

For more information, please visit the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University website.