The Holy of Holies: A Re-enactment of Lacan’s Lost Lecture

The Holy of Holies:
A Re-enactment of Lacan’s Lost Lecture
Organized by Cabinet magazine
11 October 2010, 10-11:30 AM

Venue:
The S1 Institute, via F. Crispi 80, 80121 Naples

www.cabinetmagazine.org

In December 1967 in Naples, Jacques Lacan famously chose not to present the formal lecture he had prepared on the topic of “The Mistaking of the Subject Supposed to Know,” delivering instead a ranging improvisation on this crucial theme in his teaching. The actual text of the lecture-not-given has never been disclosed, though it has long been thought that it would shed invaluable light on Lacan’s conception of the relationship between the fantasy of knowledge imputed to the Other and the dream of wholeness. This lost fragment of Lacan’s oeuvre functions as what the psychoanalyst Jacques-Alain Miller calls the “holy of holies, the room […] where mystery dwells.”

Recently discovered archival material has once again made it possible for the lecture to be delivered. Please join Cabinet magazine as we enter the sacred room, and hopefully traverse this powerful fantasy with the help of distinguished actor Giuseppe Mancante, who will deliver the reconstructed lecture.

Though free, attendance at this event is strictly limited to 740. Please arrive early to be assured of a seat.

Cabinet is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Brooklyn, New York. Cabinet receives generous support from the Orphiflamme Foundation, the Lambent Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Danielson Foundation, Art Matters, and the Katchadourian Foundation.