Attention — Audio Journal for Architecture

8M. Coda: Pluralism Is Not Enough

In this episode, titled “Pluralism is Not Enough,” Joseph Bedford offers some provisional thoughts interpreting the situation of this generation of academic architects in

8L. Conclusion

In this episode, Tim Cox reflects on this issue of attention, and reads the aesthetic and ideological output of the interviewees as in conversation with the discipline of

8K. Practice

In this episode we hear from this generation on their experience with building practice in contemporary America. The cohort is focused on moving away from speculative or

8J. Academia

In this episode we address the affordances and constraints of architectural academia. This generation highlights the important freedom academia provides to work through i

8I. Discipline

In this episode, we heard this generation struggle with their ambivalence around the discipline of architecture, which they saw as essential for maintaining a shared conv

8H. Theory

In this episode, our discussion of contemporary architectural theory is framed by the question of why there is no contemporary discipline-defining book of theory like Del

8G. Ideology

In this episode, we hear about the lack of ideological debate and disagreement within contemporary academic architectural culture. This generation airs their critiques of

8F. Politics

In this episode, we address the political context of the interviews: the after effects of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd uprisings. This moment produced a poli

8E. Aesthetics

In this episode, we hear about the difficulty of constructing coherent aesthetic camps in this generation, exemplified by responses to Michael Meredith’s “Indifference, A

8D. Digital

In this episode we hear from this generation on their relationship to the digital. They discuss broad, societal experiences like watching the internet and social media em

8C. Genealogy

In this episode we trace the genealogies of this generation through academic lineages, their movements through the geography of American Academia, and the post-critical o

8A. Introduction

In this introduction we hear from Joseph Bedford addressing what this issue is about, who he interviewed, what their work is about, what questions he asked everyone, why

8B. Generation

In this episode we hear from the group of American academic architects that has been brought together by this issue of attention. The group pushes back against their char

7E. Bypass Codes

In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the investigative journalist and veteran beat reporter Caryn Dolley about the use of biometric and building surveillance devices

7D. Playing the Detective

In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the artist, puzzle-maker, and escape room designer Laura E. Hall about the design of escape rooms for the public, building commu

7A. Introduction

In this episode, Megan Eardley introduces Issue 7 by relating contemporary spatial practices to the literary detective story and present day political realities of survei

7C. Invisibility As Form

In this episode, Megan Eardley invites listeners to reflect on the way that detective work operates between form and event. She interviews the artist Janice Kerbel about

7B. On the Threshold of Detectability

Like proof, evidence typically refers to things, traces, marks, or signs, that can be studied to establish relevant facts and evaluate competing theories. But while proof

7F. The Sound Of Secrecy

In this episode, Megan Eardley interviews the writer and artist Bryan Finoki. He describes how he came to study the security industry and reflects on his process of harve

7G. Dark Freqs

This episode presents Dark Freqs, an original sound piece by Bryan Finoki. Please note that the piece incorporates recordings of police brutality.