'Management and Redemption': lecture by Mark Cousins, 30th January, 1997

Extent: 2 digital files (469 MB )

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Management and Redemption', given by Mark Cousins on the 30th January, 1997. The recordings consist of a digital preservation file (430 MB, .wav format) and a digital access files (39 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 42min 40sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 7th lecture in the series entitled 'Conservation', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1996-97. In this lecture, Mark Cousins address issues relating to 'management' and 'redemption' since the seventeenth century, which he regard as consequent upon the high valuation placed on categories of fate or misfortune. Cousins considers that the fantasy of the end of the world, associated with questions of death, describes and defines the subject relation to investment. Cousins goes on to describe the concepts of investment and insurance at a cultural and subject level. He points out that individuals transform their relationship to the future through conservation investments that serve to create institutions that regulate what has not yet happened.

Custodial History: Original recording (format unknown) was made by the AA Audio Visual Department and a digital copy (.wma 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 Gabriela Jimenez

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 4, Spring Term, 27-31st January, 1997