SCI-Arc Launches Comprehensive Media Archive at sma.sciarc.edu

More Than 3,000 Topics Covered in 1,000-plus Hours of Recordings, From 1974 to Present

LOS ANGELES, CA—September 26, 2012 – The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) today announced the launch of its much-anticipated SCI-Arc Media Archive, an online showcase of public events held at the school from 1974 to the present. A public reception will be held at SCI-Arc on Friday, September 28, starting 7pm, to celebrate the archive launch.

“At its aspirational best, speaking at SCI-Arc means speaking to an audience that expects the speaker to bend the discourse, to confront conventional allegiances, and to make a few enemies along the way,” said SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss. “Speakers at SCI-Arc anticipate that obligation.”

Found at http://sma.sciarc.edu/, the archive is home to more than 600 videos of public events, features 700-plus speakers, and forms a comprehensive digital media platform designed to be useful for students and scholars, but also for anybod...

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