Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7:30pm
Thomas Krens and Scott Trowbridge
Clark Memorial Library
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) will carry the narrative of modern architecture in L.A. forward from its influential past to the future with Extreme IDEAS: Architecture at the Intersection, a series of programs that chart a dynamic new future for architecture. The programs will look beyond the field's traditional boundaries and explore topics arising from unexpected quarters in film, automotive, aerospace, and tech industries in order to explore rapidly emerging new technologies, possibilities for interdisciplinary growth, and the role of Los Angeles in the evolution of architecture. Major support for Extreme IDEAS has been provided by the Getty Foundation.
Panelists include Scott Trowbridge, VP Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering R&D, and Thomas Krens, founder and CEO of Global Cultural Asset Management and Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation from 1988 to 2008.
Thomas Krens is the Founder and CEO of GCAM |Global Cultural Asset Management, and from 1988 to 2008, was the Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Under Mr. Krens’ leadership, the Guggenheim Foundation doubled the size of the its collection; completed two major restorations of the original Frank Lloyd Wright designed museum building in New York; doubled the size of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice; increased the Foundation’s endowment from $25 million to $120 million; and conceived of and executed the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin. In 2008 Mr. Krens left the Guggenheim Foundation, after 20 years of leadership, to form GCAM Global Cultural Asset Management, in order to dedicate all of his efforts to new international projects.
Scott Trowbridge, Vice President of Creative / R&D at Walt Disney Imagineering leads a global team that produces new and unique ways to entertain people. Ranging from film, theatre, interactive and transmedia experiences to state-of-the-art themed attractions, Trowbridge has produced, directed and integrated entertainment projects all over the world. Trowbridge looks for opportunities to combine various media, technologies and narrative forms to tell new stories and create innovative entertainment experiences. As a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Trowbridge started his career in film and theatre, and continues to drive innovation through his oversight of both the Blue Sky Creative and New Technology development groups for Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Location:
Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018
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