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Dymaxion Chronofile (3:15 am, July 1933)
acrylic, silkscreen, laser-cut wood veneer, pencil, and gouache on Somerset paper, mounted on wood
35” x 46”
Tomas Vu’s Dymaxion Chronofile
is a new body of work that celebrates Buckminster Fuller and
seeks a utopian vision. The works are named after Buckmin-
ster (Bucky)’s project in which he documented his life – saving every piece of paper he encountered, creating a massive video archive, and documenting his actions and conditions every fifteen minutes. Dymax- ion is Bucky’s portmanteau of the words “dynamic,” “maximum,” and “tension,”describing a state in which minimum energy provides maxi- mum results. Fuller’s concerns are more pressing and prescient than ever, addressing surveillance, documentation, sustainability, and the relation- ship between man and machine, and from this landscape we dive into Vu’s world.
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