'Anxiety of Influence': lecture by Mark Cousins, 16th May, 2003

Extent: 1 audio cassette, 4 digital files (688 MB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Anxiety of Influence', given by Mark Cousins on the 16th May, 2003. The recordings consist of a 90 mins audio cassette, 2 digital preservation files (561 MB, .wav format) and 2 digital access files (127 MB .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 51min 49sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 13th lecture in the series entitled 'The Past', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 2002-2003. In this lecture, Mark Cousins explores the relationship architects and artists have with the past. He provides an alternative account of the term 'tradition', linking Harold Bloom's theory of the 'Anxiety of Influence', with Freud's Oedipus and Totem and Taboo principles. Cousins proposes that 'tradition' belongs not to repetition or reproduction but the act of ambivalence, relating this to ideas concerning both murder and homage

Custodial History: Audio cassette recording was made by the AA Audio Visual Department and retained by the AA Photo Library until 2019, when it was transferred to the AA Archives.

Aquisition: Audio cassette was transferred from the AA Photo Libary to the AA Archives in 2019. Digital preservation and access copies were created by the AA Archives in 2021.

Archive Note: Catalogue description by Gabriela Jimenez

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 3, Summer Term, 12th - 18th May, 2003