'Inside and Outside Love': lecture by Mark Cousins, 30th October, 2009

Extent: 2 digital files (3.32 GB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Proximity or Living With', given by Mark Cousins on the 23rd October, 2009. The recordings consist of a digital preservation file (2.23 GB, .mpg format) and a digital access file (1.09 GB .mp4 format). Duration of access version: 58min 22sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 2nd lecture in the series entitled 'The Neighbour', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA Open Lecture series, 2009-2010. In this lecture Cousins again addresses the biblical command to 'love thy neighbor' stating that this verse by itself produces the figure of irreducible alterity which is invoked rather than suppressed by the command of obligatory love. Cousins then elaborates on this concept through Freud's ideas on love and hate, on the phenomenon of the crowd, the primitive functioning of individuals in the collective and involuntary identification with the 'leader.' In the end Cousins concludes that this idea of mandatory love creates a boundary and a notion of separation of the inside and outside

Custodial History: Original recording (format unknown) was made by the AA Audio Visual Department and a digital copy (.iso format) has been retained on the department's servers since c2013.

Aquisition: Digital preservation and access copies were created by the AA Archives in 2021, using the digital file held by the the AA Audio Visual Department.

Archive Note: Catalogue description by Samaneh Karimelahi

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 5, Autumn Term, 26th - 31st October, 2009