'The Construction of Aesthetic Experience', lecture by Mark Cousins, 20th February, 2004

Extent: 1 audio cassette, 4 digital files (669 MB )

Comprises audio recording of an lecture entitled 'The Construction of Aesthetic Experience', given by Mark Cousins on the 20th February, 2004. The recordings consist of an 90 mins audio cassette, 2 digital preservation files (546 MB, .wav format) and 2 digital access files (123 MB .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 52min 34sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 5th lecture in the series entitled 'Spatial Effects', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 2003-2004. In this lecture, Mark Cousins looks at the issue of aesthetic experience as related to the idea of distance. He argues that it forms a means by which identical phenomena are inscribed with different effects and that the meaning and apprehension of the effects are constructed and are modelled by the language which we use.

Custodial History: Audio cassette recording was made by the AA Audio Visual Departement and retained by the AA Photo Library until 2019, when it was transferred to the AA Archives.

Aquisition: Audio cassette was transferred from the AA Photo Library to the AA Archives in 2019. Digital preservation and access copies were created by the AA Archives in 2021.

Archive Note: Catalogue description by Tian Pan

Publication Note: AA Events List, Spring Term, Week 6, 16th - 22nd February, 2004