The lively dialogue that emerges between the discipline of architecture and other forms of knowledge aims to provoke fresh ways to engage our world.
The Arc
Hosted by former History + Theory Coordinator Marrikka Trotter, each themed episode juxtaposes discussions with thought leaders in architecture with interviews with experts and intellectuals from a wide range of other fields, including astrophysics, politics, fine art, set design, journalism, and genetics, among others.
Episodes
- Scale with former SCI-Arc Undergraduate Program Chair Tom Wiscombe, production designer Bill Boes, and neuroscientist Dr. Yawende Pearse.
- Roughness with activist, art and architectural historian, and SCI-Arc Teaching Fellow Liz Hirsch, SCI-Arc design faculty Mira Henry, and Mistress Lucy Kahn.
- Lines with SCI-Arc Undergraduate Programs Chair Kristy Balliet, artist Lisa Schulte, and LA Metro’s Dr. Joshua Schank.
- Dimensionality with UCLA postdoctoral scholar in Astronomy and Astrophysics Louis Abramson, SCI-Arc senior faculty and Visual Studies Coordinator Devyn Weiser, and art historian, curator, and author Andy Campbell.
- Flatness with doctoral student in infectious disease epidemiology at UCLA Megan Halbrook and professor of urban design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck, and SCI-Arc faculty Peter Trummer.
- Optimism with Ben Caldwell, arts educator, independent filmmaker, and founding member of the radical 1970s film movement LA Rebellion; Sandy Hilal, Palestinian architect and founder of Decolonizing Architecture and Art Research Collective; and Emily King, founder of new search engine for mining, Prospector, and CEO of Global Venture Consulting.
- Embodiment with artist Young Joon Kwak, speculative architect and SCI-Arc faculty member Jennifer Chen, and Dr. Sunita Puri.