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Thinking About A New World

A conversation with Paffard Keatinge-Clay (AA dipl. 1949), recorded prior to his AA lecture in November 2008 on the occasion of the 'Le Corbusier at the AA' Symposium & Exhibition. Keatinge-Clay takes us through his spirited AA student days and early practice, with entertaining and inspiring accounts of how it was that he came to work for and to know Erno Goldfinger, Sigfried Gideon, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. Inclusive of a story of the pilgrimmage, with 2 AA student friends, to Le Corbusier's studio and house where they did not meet Le Corbusier himself but instead his gracious wife who invited them to have cooked eggs and explore the house to their hearts' delight. Broadcast with thanksto Paffard Keatinge-Clay and to Edward Bottoms (AA Archives). This recording is the first in a series of oral history interviews planned by the AA Archives documenting the AA in the 1940's and 1950's. #

Play 70:49 min, AAIR 21/2/2009

CJ LIM Smart-cities

A very modern assumption of our culture states that faster is always better. The rapidly expanding middle class in Asia is enjoying many of the pleasures of a consumer society, but is increasingly becoming affected by the expectations and pressures of this modern life. 'Smart-city' is a new blueprint for an urban typology that goes beyond the definition of eco-city. A smart city integrates environmental, and most importantly, social sustainability into the heart of the city, for its long-term future. CJ Lim's lecture about smart-cities was held at the AA on 7.10.2008. #

Play 89:00 min, AAIR 1/12/2008

Jörg Heiser - Factory Outlet: The Warhol Paradigm and New Art Audiences

AA Lecture, October 16, 2008. Jörg Heiser and Shumon Basar discuss the 'industry' of art, in particular through Warhol & the pop art movement of the 50s/60s, as well as the boom and hype that art has gone through on a global scale in the course of the last ten years. Pop vs. Populism: a discourse on the production, definition, circulation, consumption, and valuation of art today. Jörg Heiser is co-editor of Frieze magazine, writes for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and is a frequent contributor to art publications. He lives in Berlin. #

Play 69:50 min, AAIR 16/11/2008

Gilles Clement: From the Garden in Motion to the Third Landscape

"It is probably too difficult to explain exactly what is the 'Jardin Planetaire', Planetary Garden or Global Garden..., but you can consider that you belong to, you are the citizens of the planet and you are probably, even if you don't know, the gardeners of this planet because every thing you do has a consequence on the environment. For me, what is important in my job is not the design, it is not the functional part of the public space, or the formal system, but probably the LIFE. I mean, the thing which is most precious and unpredictable." AAIR is pleased to broadcast the lecture given by Gilles Clement at the AA on February 20, 2007. Gilles Clement studied in France and Algeria, and has worked for many years as a landscape architect, plantsman and teacher. #

Play min, AAIR 18/10/2008

Interview with Tamio Shiraishi

An excerpt from the Duo for Radio Stations (1992), a surrealist live radio show hosted by Judy Dunaway and Chris Nelson. Together they interviewed Tamio Shiraishi via telephone from Japan. This short conversation of improvised airwaves is including recordings of various noises and types of static from radio and television signals (FM, AM, UHF, VHF and short-wave) and a telephone beeper. #

Play 3:29 min, AAIR 4/9/2008