'Posthumous Art': lecture by Mark Cousins, 4th December, 1998

Extent: 1 audio cassette, 2 digital files (590 MB )

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Posthumous Art', given by Mark Cousins on the 4th December, 1998. The recordings consist of a Maxwell 90 audio cassette tape, 1 digital preservation file (481 MB, .wav format) and 1 digital access file (109 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 42min 02sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 5th lecture in the series entitled 'The Name of the Object', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1998-99. Building upon Sigmund Freud and Immanuel Kant's understanding of the nature of beauty and of aesthetic pleasure, Mark Cousins uses psychoanalytic theory to examine a concept he defines as 'posthumous art'. He re-interprets Freud's account of the phallus and Kant's 'moment' of beauty and argues that the phallus only exists by being veiled and functions both as the herald and the memorial.

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 Tian Pan

Publication Note: AA Events List, Week 9, Autumn Term, 30th November - 4th December, 1998