'Topos: Place and Commonplace': lecture by Mark Cousins, 18th November, 2011

Extent: 2 digital files (2.74 GB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Topos: Place and Commonplace', given by Mark Cousins on the 18th November, 2011. The recordings consist of a digital preservation file (1.22 GB, .mpg format) and a digital access file (1.52 GB .mp4 format). Duration of access version: 58min 56sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 2nd 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 tries to relate clich to physical space through the notion of 'the worn out'. What are the sociological linguistics of class? How topos operates as place and space in Aristotelian physics? What is the relationship between place and discourse? What have we lost in modernity?

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 8, Autumn Term, 14th - 19th November, 2011.