'The Production of the New': lecture by Mark Cousins, 13th March, 1998

Extent: 1 audio cassette (90mins), 2 digital files (582 MB)

Comprises audio recording of a lecture entitled 'The Production of the New' given by Mark Cousins on 13th March 1998. Recordings consist of a Maxwell 90 audio cassette tape, 1 digital preservation file (475 MB, .wav format) and 1 digital access file (107 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 64min 52sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 13th lecture in the series entitled 'The New', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1997-98. In this lecture, Mark Cousins discusses the production of 'the New' in psychoanalytic terms. Firstly, he talks about the psyche that avoids thinking, and the relationship between the new object and what Freud calls the lost object. Then, he discusses the gap between the economy of need and satisfaction, and also between the economy of desire and representation. He also tells us about playing a productive role in the creation of a new object, and the lost object as a kind of negative space specific for its unhappy subject. Finally, he concludes the close relationship between distance and control as well as erasing the distinction between novelty and antiquity.

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 Term, Week 9, 9-13th March, 1998