Tensegrity – and Other Contradictory Complicities

Tensegrity – and Other Contradictory Complicities

'Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment. ... Humanity is in ‘final exam’ as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.' – Buckminster Fuller ‍

This symposium takes tensegrity as a starting point to examine whether ‘tensional integrity’ is something other than just a spatial structure of struts and strings. Where do we recognise forms of push and pull strategies, tension- pressure relationships and stability-flexibility structures within our fields of research and interests? In the face of he current political climate with social shifts, systemic ruptures and collective upheaval, notions around fragility, tension and dynamic relations become more and more important.

Bringing together artists, curators, writers, critics and other voices the event explores how tensegrity could be defined in relation to their practices, whether through their working methods, concepts fabricated around tension / pressure or challenging space-time relations.

Nicole Bachmann, Ruth Beale, Giselle Genillard, Justin Hibbs, Matylda Krzykowski, Luc Mattenberger, Karen Mirza, John Palmesino, public works, Emily Rosamond, Nicola Ruffo, Aidan Treays, Roman Vasseur, Sarah Zürcher and Fine Art Students of Arts University Bournemouth