'Blood, Paint, Sperm and the Imprint': lecture by Mark Cousins, 10th March, 2000

Extent: 1 audio cassette (90min), 4 digital files (603.9 MB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Blood, Paint, Sperm and the Imprint', given by Mark Cousins on the 10th March, 2000. The recordings consist of a Maxwell 90 audio cassette tape, 2 digital preservation files (493 MB, .wav format) and 2 digital access files (110.9 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 55min 33sec

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 10th lecture in the series entitled 'Imago', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1999-2000. The recording is of the 9th lecture in the series entitled 'Imago', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1999-2000. In this lecture Mark Cousins begins by discussing the notion of paint (within a painting) as a materiality achieving its ideality by becoming invisible and carrying the spectator into a proximity with the prototype. Cousins then returns to the question of the 'Veil of Veronica', presenting it in terms of the sweat, blood, and liquids from the body of Christ which act to produce a representation, a form of no-form. Cousins continues with an argument concerning the role of 'the brush', whereby it represents a powerful form of hybridity producing materiality and forging a representation out of materiality.

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 Library to the AA Archives in 2019. Digital preservation and access copies were created by the AA Archives in 2021.

Archive Note: Catalogue description by Ke Bo Tsai

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 9, Spring Term, 6th - 10th March, 2000