Graham Cairns

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Graham Cairns (born 1971, UK) is an author and academic. He is the founder and director of the research organisation AMPS Architecture Media Politics Society . He is Executive Editor of its associated peer-reviewed scholarly journal Architecture_MPS, ISSN   2050-9006, published by UCL Press. He researches and publishes on architecture and its relationship with visual culture and socio-politics. He has delivered talks, taught, ran workshops and held various positions at universities internationally.

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Biography

Cairns studied architecture at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Lincoln. His doctorate examined the relationship between advertising and commercial architecture and was awarded by the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. It was later developed into a book, Deciphering Art, Architecture and Advertising: Selling to the Sophisticated Consumer. In 1995 he founded and ran the UK based performance arts company Hybrid Artworks specializing in spatial installation and multi media performance. He lived in Spain between 2000-2005 and published his first book in Spanish: El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara: Una Visión Espacial del Cine. [1] In 2011 he founded the research organisation Architecture Media Politics Society and its associated journal. In this role he has organised academic conferences internationally with events in the UK, the US, Spain, Cyprus and Australia. Examples include 2014 events in both London [2] and Los Angeles. [3] He has also developed the 'interview article' as a form of academic publication [4] Interview-articles have been published by authors such as Noam Chomsky, [5] Kenneth Frampton, [6] Daniel Libeskind [7] and Michael Sorkin [8] He has also established a resource repository as part of a collaboration between librarians and academics. [9] He is the author and editor seven published books on architecture, design, film and advertising. He has published in English and Spanish [10] and his work has also been translated to French.

Research

Cairns has two areas of research: i) Architecture in its socio-cultural context; ii) Architecture and Visual Culture. Through AMPS he runs two research and publication programs that align with these areas of expertise. Housing – Critical Futures [11] is a three year long programme of conferences, publications and workshops operating over ten countries. It was launched in 2015. The Mediated City [12] is a programme launched in 2014 that examines the role of technologies and medias on urban design, experience and living. As part of these research programmes he has initiated book series with Intellect Book, Bristol; Libri Publishing, Oxfordshire; and UCL Press, London.

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Vozmediano,Elena. Book review, El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara. Section: El Cultural, EL Mundo, Madrid, Spain. 08 November, 2007.http://www.elcultural.es/revista/letras/El-arquitecto-detras-de-la-camara/21632
  2. ↑ The Mediated City Conference PART 1, Ravensboune, London, 01-03 April, 2014.http://architecturemps.com/conferences/
  3. ↑ The Mediated City Conference Part 2, Woodbury University, Los Angeles, 01-04 October, 2014.http://woodburymcd.wix.com/mediatedcityla#!about/csur
  4. ↑ Routledge Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-Architecture-Society-and-Politics-Social-and-Cultural-Tectonics/Cairns/p/book/9781138588608
  5. ↑ Hidden Power and Built Form: Chomsky, Noam, with Cairns, Graham. The Politics Behind the Architecture. Interview Article. First published in Architecture_MPS 1 October 2013. Reprinted in Salon, 30 October 2013.http://www.salon.com/2013/10/30/chomsky_the_u_s_mexico_border_is_cruel_by_design_partner/
  6. ↑ Cunningham, David. Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture. The University of Westminster. Architecture_Media_Politics_Society Kenneth Frampton interview. http://instituteformodern.co.uk/2012/architecture_media_politics_society-kenneth-frampton-interview
  7. ↑ Cairns, Graham (4 October 2016). Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics: Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century. ISBN   9781317069645.
  8. ↑ Interview Article. Driving on the Left: Sorkin’s View of the Street, the City and architecture. Michael Sorkin with Graham Cairns. https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.amps.2013v2i4.001
  9. ↑ Peters, Amanda. New Media and New Collaborations: Librarians and Academics Together. Feliciter 59 (1) February 2013. http://www.cla.ca/feliciter/2013/1/#p=32 Archived 2015-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ The cinematic promenade of Sergei Eisenstein and the Villa Savoye of Le Corbusier: a reappraisal of the influence of film on an icon of the Modern Movement. Language:Spanish.In: Daniel Martí (ed.), Journal RUA (Red Universitaria de Urbanismo y Arquitectura), Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico. No. 9. September, 2013. pp34-42.
  11. ↑ "Housing – Critical Futures |".
  12. ↑ "The Mediated City |".
  13. ↑ Cairns, Graham. Reification and Representation - Architecture in the Politico-Media-Complex. 2019. Routledge: London. routledge.com
  14. ↑ Cairns, Graham (ed). Visioning Technologies – the architectures of sight. 2016. Routledge: London. routledge.com
  15. ↑ "Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics: Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century".
  16. ↑ Cairns, Graham. Design for a Complex World – challenges in practice and education. 2014. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/design-interiors-and-architecture/design-for-a-complex-world?cPath=&
  17. ↑ Cairns, Graham. The Architecture of the Screen: Essays in Cinematographic Space. 2013. Intellect Books: Bristol.http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo15565725.html
  18. ↑ Cairns, Graham. Reinventing Architecture and Interiors - A Socio-Political View on Building Adaptation. 2013. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/design-interiors-and-architecture/reinventing-architecture-and-interiors?cPath=&
  19. ↑ Cairns, Graham. Deciphering Art, Architecture and Advertising: Selling to the Sophisticated Consumer. 2010. Libri Publishing: London.http://libripublishing.co.uk/art-and-design/deciphering-advertising-art-and-architecture
  20. ↑ Cairns, Graham. El Arquitecto Detrás de la Cámara: Una Visión Espacial del Cine. 2007. Abada Editores: Madrid.http://www.abadaeditores.com/libro.php?l=138
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