Untitled lecture by Mark Cousins, 28th June, 1996

Extent: 1 audio cassette (90min), 2 digital files (594 MB )

Comprises audio recording of an untitled lecture, given by Mark Cousins on the 28th June, 1996. The recordings consist of a Scotch CX90 audio cassette tape, a digital preservation file (485 MB, .wav format) and a digital access file (109 MB, .mp3 format). Duration of access version: 47min 55sec.

Copyright: Architectural Association

Creator: Mark Cousins

Admin History: The recording is of the 25th and final lecture in the series entitled 'Damage', given by Mark Cousins as part of the AA General Studies programme, 1995-96. In this lecture, Mark Cousins attempts to place damage in relation to the psychic economy, addressing the relationship between the Freudian concepts of the pleasure principle and the death instinct. By analysing these two contrasting forces, Cousins points out how similarly they look within the economy of desire. As desire becomes inexorably linked to the question of loss, he re-affirms that, despite criticism, psychoanalysis does have a theory of love, constructed through the mechanisms of mourning and loss.

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 Ke Bo Tsai

Publication Note: AA Events List Week 9, Summer Term, 17-21st June, 1996