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Death is in our Hearts: Meditations on Death's Attractional Force, an Illustrated Lecture with Carl Abrahamsson
Date: Friday, February 5th
Time: 7pm
Admission: $12
Location: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 Third Avenue, 11215 Brooklyn NY
Tonight, join Carl Abrahamsson--writer, filmmaker, and publisher of the journal The Fenris Wolf, which "collects material from the colourful grey area between art and esotericism"--for an illustrated lectures devoted to the links between art and death, and the ways in which death's "sbsolute power of death made itself known through his own artistic endeavors."
Mr. Abrahamsson will discuss the process which led him to this discovery, involving exploration of his photo archives and finding themes he hadn't consciously pursued, especially emblems, symbols, remnants, cemeteries, and mementoes related to death and dying. In 2010, he assembled some of these images for an exhibition called "Death is in our Hearts, " on view at Martin Bryder Gallery in Lund, Sweden. The process provided many insights not only into his own psyche but also into the meaning of death in general. The final and absolute power of death made itself known through his own artistic endeavors, and he found himself forever grateful.
This event is part of a series exploring the intersection, integration and application of psychoanalytic theory, the arts, and the occult, curated by psychoanalyst, Dr. Vanessa Sinclair. Throughout the series, Sinclair will host a variety of psychoanalysts, psychologists, artists, writers, and occultists from a range of backgrounds and theoretical orientations. Presenters discuss their work, personal experience and areas of research interest, opening up a dialogue between practitioners in fields of study that rarely have a chance to engage with one another yet often operate in similar and complementary ways.
Carl Abrahamsson (b 1966) is a Swedish writer and film-maker who's also worked with photography and music as artistic expressions. He edits and publishes the annual occultural journal The Fenris Wolf, which collects material from the colourful grey area between art and esotericism.
Vanessa Sinclair, Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City. She is a founding member of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis, which facilitates psychoanalytic lectures, classes and events in and around New York City. She contributes to various publications including The Fenris Wolf (Edda Publishing), DIVISION/Review: A Quarterly Psychoanalytic Forum, and the Brooklyn Rail.
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LocationMorbid Anatomy Museum (View)
424 A Third Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
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