'Place Settings: Design and Cliche': lecture given by Mark Cousins, 9th December, 2011

Extent: 2 digital files (3.25 GB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Place Settings: Design and Cliche', given by Mark Cousins on the 9th December, 2011. The recordings consist of a digital preservation file (1.8 GB, .mpg format) and a digital access file (1.45 GB .mp4 format). Duration of access version: 56min 19sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 5th lecture in the series entitled 'The Poetics of Cliche', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA Open Lecture series, 2011-2012. In this lecture, Mark Cousins looks into ways in which the subject is captured in the imaginary and how concepts materialize themselves. Attention is paid to notions of the ubiquitous and the generic, their relation to reproduction and mass production and ultimately clich.

Custodial History: Original recording (format unknown) was made by the AA Audio Visual Department and a digital copy (.iso format) has been retained on the department's servers since c2013.

Aquisition: Digital preservation and access copies were created by the AA Archives in 2021, using the digital file held by the the AA Audio Visual Department.

Archive Note: Catalogue description by Hlib Velyhorskyi

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 11, Autumn Term, 5th - 10th December, 2011