Slavoj Zizek lecture: Love without Mercy
10/03/2003
Foundation 20 21
740 Broadway, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Tel 212-995-2222, ext. 215
mabreu@2021.org
“LOVE WITHOUT MERCY”
At DEITCH PROJECTS, 18 WOOSTER STREET, NYC
SLAVOJ ZIZEK lecture: “LOVE WITHOUT MERCY”
MONDAY, MARCH 10th, 2003, 7:00pm (Free admission)
At DEITCH PROJECTS, 18 WOOSTER STREET (between Canal & Grand),
NEW YORK, NY 10013
Slavoj Zizek, the world-renowned philosopher and cultural theorist, will
be holding his regular, biannual town meeting in New York City on March
10th at Deitch Projects (18 Wooster Street) in conjunction with the
publication of Lacanian Ink 21. The subject of his lecture this
time is “Love without Mercy.”
“Perhaps, there is no greater love than that of a revolutionary
couple,” writes Zizek, “where each of the two lovers is ready to abandon
the other at any moment if revolution demands it. It is along these lines that
one should look for the non-perverse reading of Christ’s sacrifice, of
his message to Judas: ‘Prove to me that I am everything to you, SO
BETRAY ME on behalf of the revolutionary mission of both of us!’”
Zizek, the ever prolific writer, will expound on this theme and, as always, apply his
dazzling thinking to current events and any number of other issues in a
question-and-answer session after the lecture. Josefina Ayerza, the
editor and publisher of Lacanian Ink, will read an introductory
paper.
“The thrill of reading Zizek,” says Robert Boynton in
Lingua Franca,
“arises in part from the collision between the insanity he finds
everywhere in our psychic and social lives and the rigorous clarity with
which he anatomizes its workings.”
Slavoj Zizek is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Studies,
University of Ljubljana. Some of his recent books include, The
Fragile Absolute – or, why is the Christian legacy worth fighting for?
(2000), On Belief (2001), and Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays
on September 11th and Releated Dates (2002).
Tel 212-995-2222, ext. 215
Lacanian Ink is cultural magazine which focuses on the teachings
of French
psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan. It is published biannually in New York.
Foundation 20 21 is a New York based arts organization and collecting
entity, an outgrowth of Thread Waxing Space, with a mission to nourish
exchanges among artists, writers, filmmakers, historians and
philosophers
as well as to present to a wider audience some of the most arresting
work
being produced in our increasingly complex visual culture. While
assembling an art collection with an aim to build bridges between key
developments in 20th and 21st Century art, Foundation 20 21 will
mount
occasional exhibitions of overlooked or forgotten work from the past in
order to bring to light its relevance to our times. Shows of recent
acquisitions, unusual publishing projects, artist presentations,
lectures,
film and video screenings will also be part of the program.
