The Genius Loci Symposium was held at Sci-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) and was co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Municipal Art Gallery, Cal Arts, and FAR.

The symposium featured various takes on the idea of "genius loci" or the "spirit of place". The symposium was organized by Lize Mogul and Chris Kahle, and featured presentations by:

Denis Cosgrove is a Professor of Geography at UCLA. His research concentrates on the meaning and symbolism in landscape with specific reference to historical Italy and Western Europe.

Lize Mogul is an interdisciplinary artist whose work suggests the transfer of land from private to public domain. Her recent public artwork: "Public Green" can be seen at transit shelters all over Los Angeles.

Matt Coolidge is Director of the Center of Land Use Interpretation. See: www.clui.org

Gustavo LeClerc is a partner and founding member of Adobe LA and director of the Border Cultures Program at the Southern California Studies Center at USC.

Valerie Tevere is an artist whoÕs work in video features structured yet spontaneous encounters with city inhabitants. Tasvere has been a member of Nomads + Residents since 2000.

Glen Creason has been the map librarian for the Los Angeles Public Library for the past 13 years. Cleason is a Native Angeleno.

Morgan Yates is the Corporate Archivist for the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA). He has presented the archiveÕs holdings throughout Southern California.

Norman Klein is the author of the History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory. Klien is a professor at Cal Arts, and also teaches at Sci Arc and elsewhere.