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Playing in the World, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fetish with Jon Yoder

2019-03-13T09:30:00-04:00

In this installment of Cross-Talk #9 — The Architecture Play, we talk with Jon Yoder and the reunification of theory and practice into a purely playful disciplinary atmosphere.

The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and allow for the resulting conflict to bring to life an otherwise still and comfortable climate of creativity—if there can be one. Cross-Talk attempts—if to only say that it did—to allow text the freedom that the image has accepted and embraced. Cross-Talk attempts to force the no, to contradict itself, to anger, to please and then anger again, if only to force a stance, to pull out the position of the self, of the discipline and of the hour as a means to begin and maintain conversations moving forward.

"Do you think in RGB or CMYK?" – A Look at What Goes Into the Production of Project Journal

2018-10-25T13:28:00-04:00

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books, and images that are often organized, published, and disseminated. Redlines seeks to understand the pedagogical and design frameworks that shape this process.

This week we speak to Alfie Koetter, one of three editors of Project Journal, about their newest issue.

Project and other publications featured in the series are now available at Archinect Outpost, our new initiative in downtown LA’s Arts District, as well as our online store.

Join us in celebrating the launch of the newest issue of Project Journal at Archinect Outpost on Friday, October 26th, 6-9 PM.

RSVP to reserve your spot!

Algorithms & Images. Architecture's History Archivist.

2018-09-15T09:00:00-04:00

In this installment we hear from Phoebe Webster & Jack Stewart Castner. Phoebe is a Los Angeles-based designer raised in Maryland and is a current Master of Architecture candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jack is a Los Angeles-based designer, raised in Philadelphia and holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Southern California, where he was awarded t...

Mutant Authorship. Agency, Capitalism and Memes.

2018-09-11T09:00:00-04:00

In this installment we hear from Ryan Scavnicky on the topic of Creative Rights & Intellectual Property. Ryan is the Visiting Fellow at the School of Architecture at Taliesin, a producer of theory films with SCI-Arc Channel, and a practicing Architectural Designer with studio TECHNE.

Soapbox: Surrealism

2018-03-21T09:00:00-04:00

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep up and if not, find them once they are gone? Soapbox looks to assemble a selection of recent, archived and outlier lectures surrounding a given theme. Soapbox looks to curate this never-ending library of ideas into an engaging and diverse list of thoughts and provocations. Soapbox is just that, a collection aimed at discovering the occasional needle in a haystack.

Fellow Fellows: Outpost Office

2018-02-02T09:00:00-05:00

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence, traditionally within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits down with these fellows and attempts to understand what these positions offer to both themselves and the discipline at large. Fellow Fellows is about bringing attention and inquiry to the otherwise maddening pace of refreshed academics while giving a broad view of the breakthrough work being done by those who exist in-between the newly minted graduate and the licensed associate.

This week we are talking to Outpost Office. Outpost Office is lead by Ashley Bigham and Erik Herrmann. Both Ashley and Erik have both Walter B. Sanders Fellows at Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. (Ashley in 2015-16 and Erik in 2016-17.)

Soapbox: Aesthetics

2018-01-12T09:00:00-05:00

Fellow Fellows: Zachary Tate Porter

2018-01-11T12:40:00-05:00

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption and trend of fellowships in academia today. These positions within the academic realm produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence and traditionally within a tight time frame. Fellow Fellows sits down with these fellows and attempts to understand what these positions offer to both themselves and the discipline at large. Fellow Fellows is about bringing attention and inquiry to an otherwise maddening pace of refreshed academics while giving a broad view of the exceptional and breakthrough work being done in-between the newly minted graduate and the licensed associate.

This week we talk to Zachary Tate Porter. He is a historian, educator, and designer based in Los Angeles. He uses objects, images, and texts to explore the shifting conceptions of ground that undergird architectural production. Zachary Tate Porter was the 2015-2016 Design of Theory Fellow at SCI-Arc.

Cross-Talk 3: Viola Ago & Hans Tursack on 'Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions'

2017-12-28T09:00:00-05:00

Cross-Talk 3: Jonathan Rieke on 'Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions'

2017-12-27T09:00:00-05:00

Cross-Talk #3: Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions

2017-12-26T09:00:00-05:00

SoapBox: Discourse?

2017-11-20T13:02:00-05:00

Cross-Talk: 'Reflections of Agonist Reflections' by Eliyahu Keller

2017-05-24T12:10:00-04:00

The definition provided by Wikipedia for ‘agonism’ puts an emphasis on the legitimacy of struggle, on its “permanent place”, and less on the outcome of the conflict. With this—and not to say by any means that all struggles are valid—the point is still quite clear. It is the struggle that matters, not the result. It is the activity that counts, not where it leads. It is, as we tell children who lose a ball game, all about participation; it’s about moving, staying fit, agile; it’s about always being in flux.

Introducing Archinect's New Critical Debate Forum 'Cross-Talk'

2017-05-22T14:09:00-04:00

The last four-plus decades have seen formidable developments in the discipline of architectural history and theory. This prolific production was disseminated publicly primarily through text-based mediums such as Oppositions, Log and Assemblage—among countless others. But now, the emergence of new media and platforms have dramatically changed the form and pace with which architectural ideas are transmitted. The slow pace of traditional text-centric publishing appears to be losing ground to the rapid production and transmission of images. Can text catch up with the image?

Dean's List: Kate Schwennsen's balancing act at Clemson University

2016-12-27T10:02:00-05:00

Kate Schwennsen, Dean of Clemson University's School of Architecture, is hoping to strike that ideal balance between theory and practice that will prepare students to not only tackle the day-to-day challenges of working in architecture, but give them the inspiration to explore new conceptual territory.

Screen/Print #3: BI's "Free"

2013-12-19T15:02:00-05:00

Screen/Print is an experimentation in translation across media, featuring a close-up digital look at printed architectural writing. Divorcing content from the physical page, the series lends a new perspective to nuanced architectural thought.

For this issue, we’re featuring BI's inaugural publication, "FREE".

Do you run an architectural publication? If you’d like to submit a piece of writing to Screen/Print, please send us a message.