Merce Cunningham, Interview about R. Buckminster Fuller, 1992, December
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Title
Merce Cunningham, Interview about R. Buckminster Fuller, 1992, December
Collection
Merce Cunningham Video Archive
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Simon, Kirk (Interviewer)
Goodman, Karen (Interviewer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1992-12
Table Of Contents
Interview conducted as part of material for apparently unreleased documentary "Phantom Captain: The Life and Work of R. Buckminster Fuller".
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5050
Subjects
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983
Cunningham, Merce
Architecture
Design
Technology
Modern dance
Genres
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Video8) (36 min) : sound, color ; 8mm
Abstract
An interview with Merce Cunningham conducted for the documentary Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud. He begins by speaking about his first encounters with and initial impressions of Fuller upon meeting him at Black Mountain College during the late 1940s. Building off of this conversation, he speaks about a geodesic dome built by Fuller on the campus (10:40). He then goes on to discuss several anecdotes regarding Fuller over the decades of their association, as well as his takes on Fullers various ideas, projects and precepts (17:00). He follows with a consideration of what made the atmosphere of Black Mountain College special (23:50). After this, we see Cunningham asked questions again which were asked earlier in the interview, to which he gives somewhat different answers, due apparently to the 16mm film on which the interview was originally shot having run out in the midst of several previous answers (26:00).
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 950971028
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20970175
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 09fa3770-2d7d-0137-2d57-7bef199a2a88
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham, Interview about R. Buckminster Fuller, 1992, December" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09fa3770-2d7d-0137-2d57-7bef199a2a88
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Merce Cunningham, Interview about R. Buckminster Fuller, 1992, December Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09fa3770-2d7d-0137-2d57-7bef199a2a88
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham, Interview about R. Buckminster Fuller, 1992, December" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09fa3770-2d7d-0137-2d57-7bef199a2a88
Wikipedia citation
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