Buckminster Fuller was inspired by nature, and we currently know more about living systems than we ever have. The program will culminates in a series of digital showcases. DSS is an educational incubator for art that explores Buckminster Fuller’s principles of Design Science to propel us into a regenerative future, based on a curriculum that introduces the system view of nature that Bucky cultivated and spotlights creative applications to spark and enrich ideation, followed by a collaborative development period that initiates community-building with other creators, sharing knowledge and ideas about Fuller’s principles and Design Science, and supporting each other in the creative process. UC Irvine's Emergent Media DesignLab (EMD) is partnering with the Design Science Studio (DSS), a program of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and habRitual, to operate the Living Systems Art + Design Collaboratory. For humanity to synchronize with this process we must simply look to systems theory and network theory (which provide the essential and universal behavioral patterns of living systems) as guidelines for harmonious and creative participation with our living planet. The nonlinear nature of the digital era is an indication of the emergence of the planet's ongoing processes of self-organizing and self-awareness. Human beings are an interconnected and inseparable part of this nonlinear living system, but if observations suggest that we too often employ strategies of linear perception, thinking and relationships that risk making the human network unsustainable. There is a deeper simplicity within the living world. Observations suggest that people tend toward two different perceptions linear and nonlinear thinking. Living systems are cognitive entities with an inherent tendency to structure themselves in nonlinear network patterns capable of performing highly complex functions with minimum effort. Systems philosophy helps us to understand that humans occupy a self-organizing living system (our planet) with an inherent capability to sustain life. Applicants are invited to respond to this year's collaboratory theme: "everything is a system."
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