Synergetic Circus: Buckminster Fuller's Sea of Intuition
Ingested web source (p3.org), 2026-06-28. Project page documenting a 1989 Tokyo exhibition of R. Buckminster Fuller's work.
The exhibition
"Synergetic Circus: Buckminster Fuller's Sea of Intuition" was an exhibition showcasing R. Buckminster Fuller's intellectual legacy — presenting both his physical inventions and the conceptual landscape underlying his thinking. The curators aimed to recreate "the original landscape of his thinking where his sea of intuition was conceived."
- Dates: 25 April – 5 August 1989
- Venue: Tochoji Temple Auditorium, Tokyo
- Organizer: P3 Alternative Museum, Tokyo, in cooperation with the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI)
- Significance: P3's inaugural project, and the first comprehensive Fuller exhibition in Japan
Exhibits and activities
- Tetrascroll — Fuller's 21 triangular lithographs created late in his life
- A 3-meter-diameter geodesic dome with structural models
- The Dymaxion Map
- Projected photographs and films from the Buckminster Fuller Institute
- An ongoing hands-on workshop led by Keitetsu Murai for visitors to construct structural models
- Over 15 workshops and lectures, plus weekend gallery tours
- Displays of natural forms exhibiting geodesic structures
- The exhibition "evolved continuously throughout its run"
The show highlighted Fuller's major inventions and ideas: the Dymaxion House, Car, and Bathroom; geodesic domes; his mathematical theory of Synergetics; and concepts like Spaceship Earth and the World Game.
Notable details
- Artist Ingo Günther visited and previewed his World Processor show (later held in 1990).