BARCA / Futopia: UCSD Speculative Design Exhibition Reception

The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts ranks among the world’s leading art schools. Founded on the principle that the production, critical analysis and history of art are inter-related activities, we offer undergraduate and graduate programs in both art practice and art history. Our students have the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers in the sciences, engineering, literature, music, philosophy, ethnic studies and all the vast initiatives and resources of the greater university.

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Speculative Design is an artistic approach that emphasizes new ideas and solutions for the present that involve thinking through the future.

Structural and Materials Engineering

<ul><li><em>Reception: June 16, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.</em></li><li>June 13 - June 18, 2023</li><li>SME Gallery, <a href="https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1005#!m/232460" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Structural &amp; Materials Engineering</a>, UC San Diego</li></ul><p>Two group shows: </p><h2><em>Futopia</em></h2><p>Designs for the nomadic life in the climate endgame by Speculative Design seniors led by Prof. Kyong Park</p><h2><em>BARCA</em></h2><p>Bioarchitecture + Art Revitalization + Chamorro Assemblages, a commission from the University of California Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve by Speculative Design seniors led by master boatwright Mario Borja, Sherry Borja Miller (Keyshot), and Prof. Lisa Cartwright  </p><p><a href="https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20230613-18_speculativedesign.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20230613-18_speculativedesign.html</a></p><p>The role of designers in imagining alternative futures for a world in crisis has never been more important. Speculative Design is an artistic approach that emphasizes new ideas and solutions for the present that involve thinking through the future, putting design questions like “what if?” and “for whom?” ahead of market and industry imperatives. The Speculative Design Major prepares students for creative arts-based design practices fueled by critical speculative thinking and consideration of people, beings, and ideas usually marginalized by design. Situated in a visual arts department, we engage in research-based art practice, interdisciplinary writing, and design for social change. The major bridges computing in the arts, film and photography, digital media, studio art, public culture and community-based practice, and history, criticism, and theory. We encourage students to engage in the transformation of communities, ecologies, technology, and geopolitics through design. Debate about design values, possibilities, and outcomes is encouraged in a curriculum that offers a mix of studio, laboratory, lecture, and seminar classes. Each student in the major builds a portfolio that reflects aesthetic, social, and critical design thinking. Through project-based learning, we prepare aspiring design artists, graphic designers, urban designers, and design critics and scholars to imagine possible futures for our diverse and more than human world.</p>

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