Spin Room

This Saturday, September 11, join SCI-Arc’s Graduate Thesis Spin Room, an opportunity to tune in to live discussions with students, faculty, and jurors as they delve into the most thought provoking and radical projects presented during Graduate Thesis Weekend 2021.

Featuring roundtables organized by topic, one-on-one conversations between world-renowned guest reviewers and students, Spin Room provides a complex, in-depth look at the work made and presented by SCI-Arc’s 2021 Graduate Thesis class.

Check out the livestream link and full Spin Room session schedule taking place on Saturday below:

All hours are in Pacific Standard Time

10:00am
WELCOME
With Graduate Thesis Coordinators Kristy Balliet + John Cooper

10:25am
EXPANDING THE ARCHIVES
Graduate Programs Chair Elena Manferdini leads a group discussion on "expanding the archives," drawing on the expanding the archives summer lecture series.

11:20am
SITUATEDNESS
A conversation with Francisco Pardo, Lara Lesmes, Gabriel Esquivel, Ali Rahim, Kavior Moon, Juan Rincon, Karen Lewis, Ryan Scavnicky, Christoph Kupusch, Rudabeh Pakravan, Maya Alam, with faculty Rachael McCall and David Freeland

12:15pm
AUDIENCE
A conversation with Alicia Imperiale, Jeffrey Johnson, Luke Pearson, Michelle Chang, John McMorrough, Nicole McIntosh, Kristen Sidell, Justin Diles with faculty Damjan Jovanovic and Jacki Bloom

1:15pm
LIVE CHAT
Live conversation with graduate thesis students

1:50pm
LA ARCHITECTS + CRITICS I
A conversation with Brett Steele, Neil M. Denari, Julia Koerner, Doris Sung, Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Christobal Amunategui, Simon Kim, Annie Chu, with faculty Florencia Pita

2:45pm
TRANSLATION
A conversation with Marrikka Trotter and John Cooper

3:45pm
WHERE NEXT?
A conversation with Jasmine Benyamin + Erik Ghenoiu and guests

4:40pm
LIVE CHAT
Live conversation with graduate thesis students

5:25pm
LA ARCHITECTS + CRITICS II
A conversation with Max Kuo, Kuytan Ayata, Jimenez Lai, Mimi Zeiger, Jeanne Vaccaro, Marcelyn Gow, Elena Manferdini, Natou Fall, Melissa Shin, John Enright with Marcelyn Gow and Kristy Balliet

6:00pm
THESIS WALK
A live-streamed social walk through at Saturday's evening thesis reception outside in the SCI-Arc parking lot