Urban Ambition: Assessing the Evolution of L.A.
Archival Program Information
For current Research Institute events, please see The Getty Event Calendar
For current Research Institute events, please see The Getty Event Calendar
Symposium Schedule
Thursday and Friday, May 30–31, 2013
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, The Getty Center
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, The Getty Center
Thursday, May 30, 2013
9:00 a.m. Coffee
Part I: Architectural Discourse
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Welcome and introduction
Wim de Wit, Head, Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Getty Research Institute, and co-curator of Overdrive
10:15 a.m.–11:00 a.m. "Architectural Discourse"
Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times architecture critic
11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. "Rewriting the Past: Banham Redux"
Anthony Vidler, Dean, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Cooper Union
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. "Defining the Future"
Panel discussion with Christopher Hawthorne, Mia Lehrer, President, Mia Lehrer + Associates Landscape Architecture, and Anthony Vidler
Moderated by author and LA Observed editor Kevin Roderick
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Lunch
Part II: Professional Practice
2:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. "Design: Shaping the City"
Conversation with David C. Martin, Design Principal, Co-Chairman, AC Martin Partners, and Martin Brower, former Vice President, Public Relations, Welton Becket & Associates
Moderated by Christopher James Alexander, Assistant Curator, Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Getty Research Institute, and co-curator of Overdrive
2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Short film interlude
3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Coffee break
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. "The Vision of Conjunctive Points"
Panel discussion with Frederick and Laurie Samitaur Smith, Founders, Samitaur Constructs; Eric Owen Moss, Principal and Lead Designer, Eric Owen Moss Architects; and Hugh Milstein, Founder, DigitalFusion
Moderated by Christopher James Alexander
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Exhibition visit with curators present
Friday, May 31, 2013
9:00 a.m. Coffee
Part III: L.A.'s Layered Built Environment
10:00 a.m.–Noon "L.A.'s Layered Built Environment"
Panel discussion with Cathy Gudis, Director, Public History Program, UC Riverside; Matthew W. Roth, archivist for the Automobile Club of Southern California; photographer Don Normark; and Los Angeles Dodgers historian Mark Langill
Moderated by Eric Avila, Associate Professor, Chicano Studies and Urban Planning, UCLA
Noon–1:30 p.m. Lunch
Part IV: Artistic Interpretations of L.A.
1:30 p.m.– 3:15 p.m. "Site Unseen: L.A. on Film"
Film presentations and discussion with filmmaker and critic Thom Andersen, director Allison Anders, and film historian and archivist Marc Wanamaker.
Moderated by Rani Singh, Senior Research Associate, Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Getty Research Institute, and co-curator of Overdrive
3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Coffee break
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. "Paradise Lost and Found"
Conversation with artists Peter Alexander, Judy Fiskin, John Humble, Michael Light, and Tim Street-Porter
Moderated by Rani Singh
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Exhibition visit with curators present