Extent: 1 audio cassette (90min), 4 digital files (654 MB)
Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'Structure and Form' given by Mark Cousins on the 1st February, 2002. The recordings consist of a TDK 90 audio cassette tape, 2 digital preservation files (533 MB, .wav format) and 2 digital access files (162 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 52min.
Copyright: Architectural Association
Creator: Mark Cousins
Admin History: The recording is of the 8th lecture in the second lecture series entitled 'Psyche and Space', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 2001-2002. In this lecture Mark Cousins states that phenomenology fails to fully identify the concept of form as a subject and so he proposes to examine this process of identification via psychoanalysis. After outlining discourse around the concept of the unconscious mind (sub-conscious) and the role of the therapist/analyst, Cousins goes on to suggest the hypothesis that the same relationship exists between people and objects of art, whereby the object is the analyst, interpreting the person, rather than the contrary.
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 Samaneh Karimelahi
Publication Note: AA Events List, Spring Tern, Week 4, 28th January - 1st February, 2002