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S J o u r n a l o f t h e J a n v a n E y c k C i r c l e f o r

L a c a n i a n I d e o l o g y C r i t i q u e 1 ( 2 0 0 8 )

Table of Contents

Editorial 2

The a!e of "yg#alion

Bernard Baas $

%i&&ing the "oint' eading the Lacanian u*+ect Through "er&,ective

Thomas Brockelman 1-

%ontaigne in the .arden of Earthly /elight&' The I#age of the CorpsMorcelé in the Essays

Jonathan Kim-Reuter -

The eal I#aginary' Lacan& Joyce

Juliet Flower MacCannell $-

Dialogues

Inti#ate E3torted4 Inti#ate E3,o&ed

Gérard a!cman 58

Response ' The "olitic& of .6to,ia of the Inti#ate in Conte#,orary 6rt' The7ie 9ro# Lacanian "&ychoanaly&i&

"ie#en Jonckheere :8Reviews

$itchcock%s Cryptonomies& *y To# Cohen

'i(i J)ttkandt 102

S i& on the e* at ;lineof*eauty;org



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t i& +u&tifia*le to &ay that 9reud revolutioni!ed the inner feeling ?sens intime @;1 Thi& i& hy4 in a *ook on indo&4 I atte#,ted to define the condition& of,o&&i*ility of thi& &u*+ective kernel that e call the inti#ate; 2 I *egan ith thehy,othe&i& that the inti#ate i& neither a tran&,arent notion nor a given4 *ut

that it ha& a di&tinctive &tructure and a hi&tory' in other ord&4 there ha&nt alay&*een an inti#ate4 nor ill it nece&&arily alay& e3i&t; Ay treating the funda#ental,&ychological conce,t of our inner#o&t &elve& a& a to,ological ,ro*le#4 I fini&hed *ycircu#&cri*ing the inti#ate a& a &ite4 in e&&ence *oth architectural and &co,ic' that i&4that ,art of &,ace here the &u*+ect can feel &hielded fro# the ga!e of the >ther;

I>n the one hand4 thi& i& not a ,o&itive definition of hat con&titute& the inti#atenature of the inti#ate; In&tead4 it trie& to define it& condition of ,o&&i*ility andnece&&ity; The inti#ate i& a &,ace +ua internal e3clu&ion4 an i&land4 here the &u*+ecte&ca,e& fro# even the &u,,o&ition of *eing atched; Thi& i& hat e at ti#e& call the.atBho#e; Thi& &,ace can *e interior and &u*+ective4 +u&t a& it can take the for# of a,hy&ical &ite; %oreover4 the e3i&tence of the one en&ure& the e3i&tence of the other;Thu& the architecture of a given ,eriod a,,ear&4 a& it ere4 a& the deci,hera*le&y#,to# of the &tate of the inti#ate in thi& ,eriod; Thi&4 for e3a#,le4 i& ho the#odern u&age of gla&& in architecture &hould *e inter,reted; hile it i& in e&&encearchitectural4 the &ite of the inti#ate doe&nt nece&&arily take an architectural for#;Everyone kno& that one can feel at ho#e in different ay&Din a crod (hy not)4in a hotel4 in the #iddle of nature; The fact that it goe& ithout &aying that one canfeel at ho#e in the ho#e of the >ther &ho& that e need to nuance ourunder&tanding of the nature of the inti#ate;

>n the other hand4 I# #aking the ga!e of the >therDthat i&4 an e3terior ga!eDthevery heart of the que&tion of the inti#ate; Thi& &u,,o&e&4 in the >ther4 an i#,laca*leand li#itle&& de&ire to &ee; e #u&t &tart fro# thi& ,oint' that the >ther i& ani#ated

1 >riginally ,u*li&hed in ,m*ra./ The 'em*lance (200:)' :B5:; e,rinted here a& ,art of/ialogue& ith kind ,er#i&&ion;2 Frard a+c#an4 Fen0tre& chroni+ues du re(ard et de l%intime ("ari&' 7erdier4 200$);

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*y an a*&olute ill to &ee everythingH that ,rior to everything4 there i& the ,re&enceof an irreduci*le and in&atia*le ga!e; If the ,ree3i&tence of a ga!e i& a given4 thefunda#ental que&tionDthe only one reallyDi& henceforth to kno if there e3i&t& forthe &u*+ect a &,ace here he can avoid the ,ano,tic eye of the >ther4 thi& orgon eyehich never &lee,& or *link&; 6t one ti#e thi& ga!e a& that of od; 9or#erlytran&cendent4 e ha& *eco#e i##anent4 ha& entered into the orld4 and the #odern&u*+ect i& &u*+ected to the ince&&ant and e3ce&&ive de&ire for vi&i*ility that ani#ate&every ,oer and &aturate& our &ocietie&; e ant to &ee and kno everything;

Thi& *ring& u& to con&ider that4 *eyond ,olitical4 econo#ic4 or other que&tion& rai&ed*y the idea of mondialisation4 of glo*ali!ation4 there e3i&t& an a&,ect4 a ,rofound

con&equence that4 it &ee#& to #e4 e have failed to take entirely into account;lo*ali!ation al&o #ean& that4 fro# no on4 not a &ingle &quare inch of the ,lanetcan e&ca,e the ga!e of the #a&ter;

The que&tion of the inti#ate #u&t *e &een again&t thi& *ackground; 9ro# thi&,er&,ective4 the ,olitical &take& and to,icality of the inti#ate take &ha,e; If hat#atter& i& to ,o&e the que&tion of a ,olitic& of the &u*+ect4 it can *e fra#ed like thi&' ina orld dedicated to glo*al vi&i*ility4 the inti#ate i&4 for each &u*+ect4 the ,o&&i*ilityof conceal#ent ?la possi*ilité du caché @;

The inti#ate4 thi& ,o&&i*ility of conceal#ent4 #u&t *e defended;

It could *e that4 for one rea&on or another4 there i& no ,lace for the &u*+ect to concealhi#&elf or feel hi#&elf concealed4 no ,lace to e&ca,e fro# the &u,,o&ition or

conviction that he i& *eing atched; Aeyond the real# of ,olitic&4 one can hear in thi&conte#,orary glo*al concern it& clinical echo; e live in ,aranoid ti#e& and &houldnot *e &ur,ri&ed if certain &u*+ect& clai#Da& did a certain ,atient cited *y LacanDiosono sempre #ista 4 I a# alay& *eing atched; In truth4 the i#,o&&i*ility ofconceal#ent furni&he& u& ith a certain idea of hell' a ,lace here the &u*+ect ould*e ince&&antly &een; Thi& i& the direction in hich the hy,er#odern orld i& #oving;

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I have thu& for#ulated the hy,othe&i& of a hi&torical *irth of the inti#ate; Theinti#ate4 in the #odern &en&e of a ,&ychological interiority4 a& *orn in theenai&&ance; Ay &ituating the inti#ate hi&torically4 I have tried to highlight the factthat it took &ha,e in an une3,ected ,laceDnot ithin the do#ain of the la (here

the idea of the .,rivate a& in ,art ela*orated)4 nor in ,hilo&o,hy4 *ut in art; hilearchitecture ,layed a key role4 it a& not the fir&t ,lace the inti#ate a& conceived ofand thought out; ather4 it a& ,ainting; "ainting4 .the floer of all art4 a& 6l*erticalled it4 *eca#e a #odel for all other art&Darchitecture includedDin ,articular iththe invention of geo#etrical ,er&,ective; In a &ingle &troke' the inti#ate a& *ornith the advent of the #odern ,ainting4 defined *y 6l*erti a& an .o,en indo;E3,anding the di#en&ion& of thi& idea4 I contend that #odern ,ainting4 in the &a#ege&ture4 gave *irth to the Carte&ian notion that henceforth #an had the right to ga!eu,on the orld; It al&o defined the inti#ate a& the one &ite in the orld here #an



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could hold hi#&elf a,art fro# the orldH here4 fro# hi& indo and in &ecret4 hecould conte#,late it and here4 &hielded fro# every ga!e4 he could turn hi& ga!eu,on hi#&elf;

To ga!e u,on one&elf4 &hielded fro# every ga!e' thi& i& the dou*leBheart of theinvention of the inti#ate; >n the one hand4 the inti#ate entail& *eing a*le to &tealaay fro# the ga!e of the >ther ho ould reduce #an to the &tate of ano*+ectD.thi& #an4 a& 6nalle Le*ovit& rite&4 .that one ould like to rivet toone&elf4 ho ould *e di&clo&ed4 partes e2tra partes 4 under the e3traBlucid ga!e of another; >n the other hand (and hile &u*tracting one&elf fro# the ga!e of the >ther)4it al&o entail& *eing a*le to &ee one&elf a& #anife&t in the inti#ate that cannot *e

reduced to the &u*+ect& inti#acy; To ,ut it in eideggerian ter#&4 .it i& only *y#ean& of thi& co#,le3 ge&ture4 *y thi& &elfBregard into the very re#otene&& of &elf4that &o#ething like a &elf can *e con&tituted; The &u*+ect thu& de#on&trate& that hei& not riveted to hi#&elf4 that he i& not reduci*le to an o*+ect that ould only *e,erce,ti*le only under the ga!e of the >ther4 and al&o that the inti#ate i& not reducedto *eing the &ite here the &u*+ect4 concealed4 ould free hi#&elf fro# hi#&elf; Theinti#ate i& thu& the &ite here the &u*+ect #ake& hi#&elf an enig#a4 here hede#on&trate& that he i& not tran&,arent to hi#&elf; The inti#ate i& not a &ite of ,urefreedo#H it i& in&tead the &ite here the &u*+ect a,,ear& in it& divi&ion; a!ing u,onit&elf there4 the inti#ate4 the &ite of &hado& and &ecret&4 can thu& al&o *e a ,lace of#ode&ty; The inti#ate i& the &ite of the &u*+ect4 that i&4 of it& divi&ion;

If it i& hat I &ay it i&Dat once a &ource of ,oer for the #an ho a,,ro,riate& the

orld *y hi& ga!e and the cradle4 the inner territory here hat e na#e interiority4that i&4 thi& inti#ate divi&ion of the &u*+ect4 unfold& Dthen one ill grant that I a# atlea&t &o#ehat right to clai# that the *irth of the 6l*ertian ,ainting a& anu,heaval that inaugurated a ne era;

Thi& era i& &till our on; Aut for ho #uch longer

In order to &ati&fy our&elve& ith our treat#ent of the inti#ate4 e #u&t *ring tolight it& tragic and crucial &take&H thi& i& here it& to,icality re&ide&; The ,o&&i*ility ofconceal#ent #u&t not &i#,ly *e thought of in ter#& of gain or conque&t4 of #ore orle&&' it i& an a*&olute condition of the &u*+ect; It #u&t therefore *e &aid that there i& no&u*+ect unle&& that &u*+ect cannot not *e &een; e under&tand *y thi& the #odern&u*+ectDho think&4 and therefore4 i&H in other ord&4 the &u*+ect ho4 under the

ga!e4 doe& not think; Thu&4 in the #odern era4 the inti#ateDthe &ecret territory of the&hado or of the o,aqueDi& the very &ite of the &u*+ect;

To &,eak of the inti#ate in ter#& of territory i& to inevita*ly rai&e the que&tion of*order&4 a que&tion ,o&ed today; Aut if it i& truly orth ,ondering4 it i& not in order torefine a to,ology of the inti#ate in the #anner of Lacan& e2time H rather4 it i& *ecau&e

6nalle Le*ovit&4 .The 7eil& of %ode&ty (.Le& 7oile& de la ,udeur)4 un,u*li&hed ,a,er givenat the Kcole de la Cau&e freudienne4 "ari&4 %ay 200-;




of the urgency of a threat that4 *earing on the inti#ate4 today *ear& don on each&u*+ect;

There i& a ,olitic& of the inti#ate; The inti#ate can *e threatened; It #u&t *edefended;

Ay invoking the right to conceal#ent4 e give the inti#ate a definition *eyond thearchitectural and &co,icH *eyond4 too4 the do#ain& of ,&ychology and anthro,ology'the inti#ate take& on a ,olitical di#en&ion4 one founded on force; The definition ofthe inti#ate that Ive givenDa &ite free fro# every ga!eDi#,lie& a relation of ,oer4a relation to ,oer4 or #ore e3actly4 a &e,aration 3rom it; In truth4 hat #atter& i& to

hold a territory a,art fro# the alay& totalitarian ,re&ence of the >ther; Thi&con&titute& the real condition of the inti#ate4 hich e can a&&ociate ith the rightto &ecrecy; The inti#ate #u&t *e &een again&t the *ackground of the Aentha#ite>ther4 the i#,ortunate ga!eDintru&ive or inva&iveDthat ant& to &ee and kno all4all the ti#e; The i#,ortant thing i& to reveal that hich could li#it thi& li#itle&&de&ire; >ne could invoke the la4 *ut the la ,re&erve& the ,rivateH or rather4 the,rivate i& that ,art hich can *e ,rotected *y the la; The inti#ate e3ceed&H it cannot,roceed fro# the laH it ,roceed& only fro# the real ,o&&i*ility of a &u*+ect to concealhi#&elf and to re#ain &ilent; It& guarantee i& #aterialH that i&4 the right to &ecrecy canonly *e #aintained *y the &u*+ect hi#&elf4 *y hi& force alone4 and not *y the >ther4*y the la; It i& an act of the &u*+ect that kee,& the &u*+ect free; Thi& ,oliticaldi#en&ion i& con&u*&tantial ith the notion of the inti#ate4 hich doe& not #erelyrefer to the inner#o&t ,art of u& (the Latin intimus i& the &u,erlative of interior )4 *ut

that co#,ri&e& the idea of &ecrecy in it& very definition;

Thu& e ,erceive that the inti#ate4 &ecrecy and freedo# are inti#ately linked;

ere again e #u&t re#e#*er that ere &,eaking of real freedo#4 of #aterialfreedo#; 6& JeanBClaude %ilner in&i&t&4 the real que&tion of freedo# i& to reveal hoto o*tain the condition& in hich the eake&t can *e truly free in the face of the&tronge&t; If +uridical and in&titutional guarantee& are ,reciou&4 they nonethele&&re#ain rather illu&ory; In other ord&4 like the inti#ate4 the doctrine of freedo#& i&not founded on the la4 *ut on force; In truth4 %ilner &ay&4 e are all convinced ofone thing' a,art fro# fairy tale& here the eak *eco#e &trong (that i&4 therevolutionary drea#)4 there i& *ut a &ingle guarantee of actual freedo#&4 and that i&the right to &ecrecy4 the &ingle #aterial li#it to the ,oer of the >ther that e na#e

.the tate4 .in&titution&4 or .&ociety;That &aid4 I ill no #ake &i3 re#ark&4 ith the goal of delineating the current &tateof the inti#ate;

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The fir&t concern& hat I ould call the intere&t of ,&ychoanaly&i&; e &houlde#,ha&i!e that4 during the o#antic ,eriod4 the notion of the inti#ate took on a huethat ould go on to thoroughly color 9reud& invention; "&ychoanaly&i& &et& a,art




anything having to do ith &e3uality a& that hich i& the #o&t ,er&onal and the #o&tconcealed; e3uality i& de&ignated a& the o,aque kernel of the inti#ate; Thi& hue illalay& #ore or le&& color the inti#ate;

Aut thi& intere&t i& #ore radical &till4 *ecau&e the inti#ate doe&nt only de#arcate the#o&t &u*+ective &ite of the &u*+ect; It i&4 a& Ive &aid4 it& very condition; There can *eno &u*+ect ithout a &ecret4 that i&4 there can *e no entirely tran&,arent &u*+ect;Every drea# of tran&,arency re#ove&4 ith the di&&olution of every o,acity4 theo,acity of the &u*+ect it&elf;

/e#ocracy i&4 of cour&e4 ani#ated *y an ideal of tran&,arency4 *ut on ,rinci,le it

concern& it&elf only ith ,oer and the ,oerful4 not ith &u*+ect&; <ot only doe&de#ocracy &et the o,acity of the &u*+ect again&t the tran&,arency of the >ther4 thetateH it i& &u,,o&ed to defend thi& o,acity again&t any intru&ion4 hich al&o #ean&defending the &u*+ect& freedo#; Thi& i& here the ,ro*le# lie& today; e could citealter Aen+a#in' .%ankind4 hich in o#er& ti#e a& an o*+ect of conte#,lationfor the >ly#,ian god&4 no i& one for it&elf; It& &elfBalienation ha& reached &uch adegree it can e3,erience it& on de&truction a& an ae&thetic ,lea&ure of the fir&torder;$ >nly4 the ,ro*le# today i& not that e have taken our&elve& a& an o*+ect ofconte#,lation4 it& that our de#ocratic orld i& dividing it&elf unequally into tho&eho ga!e and tho&e ho are ga!ed at; In reality4 our de#ocracy &ee#& to *e ani#ated*y a ,erfectly contradictory ill' on the one hand4 the >ther tend& to *eco#e #oreand #ore o,aque4 hile on the other hand the &u*+ect i& rendered increa&inglytran&,arent; 6& a re&ult4 even though the&e day& every ge&ture #ade *y every

,olitician i& &u*+ected to #edia &crutiny4 e &till kno le&& and le&& a*out the#achinery of ,oer; %eanhileDto +udge *y all &ort& of variou& inde3e&D,oerkno& #ore and #ore a*out each one of u&;

e live in a ti#e hen everything can *e knonH there are no longer any &ecret&;Confidentiality i& dead; e have entered an era hen &ecrecy ha& had it& day; I a&very &truck *y idney "ollack& 1G:5 fil# The Three 4ays o3 the Condor 4 in hicho*ert edford ,lay& a failed riter4 recruited *y the CI64 ho ork& in a .readingunit here agent& &,end all day going through &,y novel& ith a fineBtoothed co#*in order to find ,o&&i*le leak&4 or to learn ne #ethod& of .ork; The the&i& of Jo&e,h Turner4 the hero of thi& reading unit4 i& that there i& no conceal#ent4 that no&ecret i& concealed; 6ll that i& nece&&ary i& to read and to recon&truct; Every &ecret4even the #o&t confidential &ecret& of the tate4 like tho&e concerning the ato#ic*o#*4 are ,erfectly vi&i*le in te3t& that have a*&olutely nothing at all to do ith the#ilitary or ith e&,ionage &ervice&; The truth i& ,erfectly legi*le4 *ut cut u,4frag#ented4 &cattered; The truth i& an encry,ted ,u!!leH all one ould have to do i& toa&&e#*le the ,iece&4 and in order to do that4 one #u&t &ee the#; That i&4 one #u&tfind the right ,oint of vie fro# hich one can di&cern the&e ele#ent& of truthH the&eele#ent& that4 o*&erved fro# another ,oint4 &li, aay and re#ain4 not concealed4 *utinvi&i*le; In &hort4 hat e have here i& a #odern ver&ion of Edgar 6llen "oe& .The

$ alter Aen+a#in4 1lluminations 4 tran&; arry ohn (<e Mork' chocken4 1G-8) 2$2;



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"urloined Letter; Thi& i& an e3tre#ely intere&ting the&i&; It #u&t *e e#,ha&i!ed that4a& in "oe& &tory4 the &ecret& in que&tion are &ecret& of the tateH the &ecret& to *ee3torted are &ecret& of the ,oerful; The que&tion i& hether or not the the&i& of thefil#Dthat there are no #ore &ecret&Di& no longer ,ut into ,ractice *y the ,oerfulfor the ,oerful4 *ut rather *y the ,oerful for the &u*+ect; It i& no longer nece&&aryto uncover &ecret& of the tate4 in any ca&e not only tho&e &ecret&H hat #atter& todayare the &ecret& of the alcove4 the inti#ate of the &u*+ect;

In thi& encry,ted vi&i*ility of the &ecret4 Edgar 6llen "oe +oin&4 in a &en&e4 Leotrau&&4 ho highlighted the role of ,er&ecution in the art of riting4 ,er&ecution thato*liged the riter to ,ractice a riting of di&&i#ulation4 an .art of riting *eteen

the line&; The ,&ychoanaly&t i& the one ho read& hat i& ritten *eteen the line&;oever4 there are to *arrier& that kee, hi# fro# *eing an e3tortioni&t of theinti#ate; The fir&t *arrier i& ethical' the ,&ychoanaly&t uncover& the inti#ate only tothe &u*+ect that de#and& it of hi#; The &econd *arrier ,roceed& fro# the real4 that i&4fro# the i#,o&&i*le' it i& i#,o&&i*le to &ay everything4 thu& the ,&ychoanaly&t cannote3tort the truth fro# the &u*+ect; Lacan4 ho once clai#ed that he told the truth *utnotBall ? pas-toute @ of it4 &aid all there a& to &ay on thi& &u*+ect;

e live in a ti#e of a ide&,read uncovering ?dé#oilement @4 of hich the Internet i&*oth the &y#,to# and the in&tru#ent; e note4 #oreover4 that The Three 4ays o3the Condor i& in&cri*ed in an earlier ti#e in that it ,ur&ue& the &ecret of the >ther&4the *ad guy&H there i& al&o the fact that the in&tru#ent of truth in the fil# i& the *ook;Today e live in the age of the Internet4 of e*ca#&4 of ide&,read i#aging; In the

age of the Internet4 the idea that there are no #ore &ecret& ha& for it& counter,art theidea that there i& no #ore ,o&&i*le #a&tery of infor#ation; Everything can *e knon4and everyone can kno it all of the ti#e; Thu& e #u&t have &,ecial ,rocedure& &othat ,oer can e&ca,e *eing uncovered; There i& a need to render ,oer o,aque;Tran&,arency i& thu& the #odern atchord4 *ut it ork& in only one direction;

6ll of thi& relate& directly to our freedo#; hen e read Aen+a#in Con&tant& 5nthe "i*erty o3 the Moderns 4 hich date& fro# the 1820&4 e gra&, a the&i& thatconcern& our #odernity4 na#ely4 that if the 6ncient& defined freedo# a& active andcon&tant ,artici,ation in ,u*lic affair&4 our freedo# (e other %odern&) i& co#,ri&edof the ,eaceful !ouissance of ,rivate inde,endence;

"&ychoanaly&i& a& *orn into thi& #odernity and ha& to &ituate it&elf according to it;

hat i& &trange i& that ,&ychoanaly&i&4 hich ai#& at elucidation4 i& aligned on the&ide of the o*&cure4 on the &ide of the defen&e of &ecrecy; It i& the o*&cure &ide ofeakne&&4 hich i& that of the &u*+ect in the face of ,oer; Thi& can *e ea&ilydeduced fro# the ,receding' to it4 anything that threaten& the right to &ecrecythreaten& not only inti#acy and freedo#4 it threaten& the &u*+ect in it& verye3i&tence; ithout the right to &ecrecy4 ithout conceal#ent4 there i& no &u*+ect thatthink&4 hence no &u*+ect that i&; Thu&4 e under&tand that it& not only a que&tion ofthe intere&t of ,&ychoanaly&i&4 *ut that the defen&e of the inti#ate and of &ecrecy i&,ro,erly a cau&e of ,&ychoanaly&i&;



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It i& here that e can &ketch out the ,olitical di#en&ion of ,&ychoanaly&i&; Itcorre&,ond& not to a ne for# of .a,,licationD,&ychoanaly&i&& intervention in the,olitical field4 ar#ed ith it& conce,t&D*ut to the highlighting of an internal ,oliticaldi#en&ion4 one ,ro,er to ,&ychoanaly&i&4 &i#,ly *ecau&e the ,o&&i*ility of theinti#ate i&4 in the end4 the ,o&&i*ility of ,&ychoanaly&i&;

hether it& a que&tion of video &urveillance and #edical do&&ier&4 or of ,rocedure&hich &eek to evaluate the ri&k& a child #ight ,o&e in the future4 every #ea&ure that,ut& the inti#ate and the right to &ecrecy in ,eril con&titute& a threat to,&ychoanaly&i&Dhich4 #oreover4 i& it&elf directly threatened; ence the need for,olitical vigilance4 and even4 today4 a &tate of alert;

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%y &econd re#ark touche& on the nature of threat& at the *order& of the inti#ate;

The right to conceal#ent i& a *arrierH it con&titute& the *order of the inti#ate; If therei& rea&on to &,eak of *order& in the ,lural4 it& not *ecau&e thi& *order i& diver&e orvaria*le4 or that it& a que&tion of #ore or le&& &ecrecy4 of degree& of the inti#ate; Theright to &ecrecy and to the inti#ate are a*&olute&Deither thi& right e3i&t& or itdoe&nt; >n the other hand4 like any *order4 it de#arcate& to &,ace&' theinti#ateDthe &ite of the &u*+ectDand the field of the >ther; The *order can thu& *e&een fro# to &ide&; Thi& o,en& u, three ,o&&i*le &tate& for the *order' either itre#ain& her#etically &ealed and ,re&erve& the inti#ate fro# any intru&ion (thi& i&

hat define& a certain &tate of real de#ocracy)4 or there i& a cro&&ing over? 3ranchissement @; Aut there are to ay& of thinking a*out thi& cro&&ing over' eitherthere i& inva&ion of the inti#ate4 or there i& renunciation of it; The fir&t i& the ca&e ofthe >ther4 of ,oerH the &econd i& the ca&e of the &u*+ect;

Let u& con&ider fir&t of all the act of ,oer; u,,o&e that the >ther ha& ,oked hi& no&einto our inti#ate &,ace or ,ried into our ,rivate life; Thi& i& an increa&ingly co##onoccurrence4 due to the fact that e live in an age of video &urveillance; hether,olice4 ur*an4 or #ilitary4 thi& &urveillance i& at ,re&ent #ore than +u&t ide&,read' iti& ,lanetary; 9ro# thi& day forard there ill *e eye& revolving day and nightaround the EarthDa& one can ea&ily &ee *y logging on to oogle Earth; e haveentered a ,aranoid age; Aut the ,re&ence of ca#era& on every &treet corner ,o&e& a&eriou& que&tionH it i& not &i#,ly a #atter of a technical innovation that ,er#it&

,oer to e3tend it&elf and to invade the ,u*lic &,ace; ather4 ith thi& technical,rogre&&4 a rever&al ha& taken ,lace ithout our *eing aare of it; hen4 for#erly4technique& of ,olice &urveillance ere develo,ed4 they ere develo,ed ith the ai#of flu&hing out the &ecret& of cri#inal&; <oaday& the late&t technique& are u&ed inthe &ervice of a*&olutely o,,o&ing ai#&' ca#era& are there to kee, atch over theinnocent and to control their &ecret&; The &ociety of control that /eleu!e &,oke of i& a&ociety here the innocent& are controlled; Thi& i& hat engender& the diffu&e feelingof &ociety& cri#inali!ation4 here e are all atched a& if e are ouldB*e orunaare cul,rit&;




6& for thi& ra#,ant and ide&,read cri#inali!ation of &ociety4 e can &hed &o#elight on certain ,rocedure& e#,loyed today in the &ervice of ,olicie& that allegedlyai# to ,revent cri#inality; "revention ha& *eco#e the atchord of the day4 to the,oint that4 in ,lace of 9oucault& .'ur#eiller et punir 4 e have no &u*&tituted.u,ervi&e and "revent; The novelty &te#& fro# the fact that the late&t ,rocedure& ofdelinquency ,revention4 for the &ake of #a3i#u# effectivene&&4 tend to *e #ore and#ore ,ree#,tive; That i&4 the&e ,rocedure& no longer &i#,ly atte#,t to influence &oBcalled .environ#ental factor& in the e#ergence of cri#inality4 *ut ai# at the very*eing of &u*+ect&; In other ord&4 ell *eyond &ocial4 educational4 +uridical or ,olice#ea&ure&4 ,reventative ,rocedure& ill henceforth *e a #atter for #edical &cience

and ill *e devi&ed *y #ental health &,eciali&t&; Thi& i& &u,,o&ed to render the#*eyond &u&,icion4 &ince &cience4 a& e all kno4 can only ork for our good;

Thi& *ring& to #ind a ,articular ,ro+ect4 one very controver&ial in 9rance4 hich ha&#o*ili!ed #any ,eo,le and i& &till ,olitically relevant today' na#ely4 a re,ort of.collective e3,erti&e ,u*li&hed in 2005 *y the 1nstitut 6ational de la 'anté et de laRecherche Médicale (I<E%) on the ,revention of delinquency4 entitled .Conduct/i&order& in the Child and the 6dole¢ /elinquency4 a &ociologicoB+uridicoB,olice notion4 i& treated in thi& re,ort a& a .conduct di&order4 a ,&ychiatric notiontaken fro# the /%BI7 (/iagno&tic and tati&tical %anual of %ental /i&order&); It&.,redictive &ign& are organi!ed into four categorie&' aggre&&ive conduct that cau&e&or threaten& ,hy&ical har# to other ,eo,le or ani#al&4 nonBaggre&&ive conduct thatcau&e& ,ro,erty lo&& or da#age4 deceitfulne&& or theft4 and &eriou& violation& of rule&;

Ill cut to the cha&e' the re,ort alert& u& to the &tunning ,recocity of the &ign& of thi&di&order' .aggre&&ivene&&4 intracta*ility and inadequate e#otional control duringchildhood have *een de&cri*ed a& ,redictive of conduct di&order in adole&cence;5 It i&&,ecified that the&e *ehavior& #u&t *e differentiated fro# hat i& ter#ed .nor#alconduct; Thi& co#,ari&on &hould *e e#,ha&i!ed4 a& it highlight& a certain #ode ofthinking a*out the individual4 that i&4 that the *ehavior of a &u*+ect i& linked directlyto the nor#ality of the grou,; Thu& e &ee the field of ,&ychology occu,ied *y a#ode of thinking that rea&on& not in ter#& of ,eo,le *ut of .,o,ulation; Thi& i& thethreat 9oucault ,ointed toDa threat hich give& ri&e to a ne Leviathan4 a flood of&tati&tic& (the /%4 a orldide ,&ychiatric reference4 i& it&elf a &tati&tical treati&e of.di&order&); "&ychiatri&t& and ,&ychologi&t&Dthe&e e3,ert&Ddo not think of &ingularand individual ,eo,le in ter#& of ca&e&H they think of the# in ter#& of &tati&tical*eing& in hich the &u*+ect a& &ingularity i& rea*&or*ed4 a*oli&hedDin Lacanianter#&4 foreclo&ed; e no kno that the&e e3,ert& re&olve the que&tion ofa*nor#ality *y retaining the criterion of age; It i& clai#ed that *ehavior& &uch a&,hy&ical aggre&&ion4 lying or the theft of o*+ect&4 that i&4 *ehavior& relatively frequentin &#all children4 only *eco#e .a*nor#al if they occur very frequently and la&t*eyond the age of four year&; 6& a con&equence4 our grou, of e3,ert& reco##end& a&y&te#atic #edical &creening for every child at - #onth&4 &ince .at thi& age4 one canfir&t locate the &ign& of a difficult te#,era#ent4 of hy,eractivity4 and the fir&t

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&y#,to#& of a conduct di&order; Thi& in turn lead& to the reco##endation thatevery health ,rofe&&ional learn to recogni!e the criteria defining conduct di&order&4 ata&k that concern&4 fir&t of all4 intervention &,eciali&t& in #aternal and infantile,rotection agencie& and in #edicoB,&ychoB,edagogical center&4 a& ell a& <ationalEducation #edical ,er&onnel;

e &carcely dare add that our I<E% e3,ert& have identified certain ri&k factor& inthe cour&e of the ,renatal and ,erinatal ,eriod&' for e3a#,le4 a very young #other4the con&u#,tion of ,&ychoactive &u*&tance& during ,regnancy4 a lo *irth eight orco#,lication& ari&ing during delivery; 6& a con&equence4 our e3,ert& reco##end ate&ting of fa#ilie& ,re&enting the&e ri&k factor& over the cour&e of the #edical

&u,ervi&ion of the ,regnancy; The&e ,rinci,le&4 and the .&cientific #ea&ure& thatre&ult fro# the#4 are today defended *y e3,ert& fro# the ,olice &ervice&4 ho areadvi&ed *y the #ini&ter of the interior4 ho i& a candidate in the 9rench ,re&identialelection&4 and ho ha& included the&e #ea&ure& in hi& ,rogra# of ,u*lic &ecurity; ecan thu& con&ider thi& re,ort4 ,re,ared *y e3,ert& in #edical re&earch4 a& the ulti#ateillu&tration and +u&tification of %ichel 9oucault& the&i& of *io,oer4 that i&4 thenotion that life and the *ody have henceforth *eco#e o*+ect& of ,oer;

Thi& &y&te# of child evaluation and ad#ini&trative recordBkee,ing4 reco##ended *ythe e3,ert& of a national in&titute of #edical re&earch4 *ear& itne&& to the fact thate have entered an age in hich the ga!e of the #a&terDthe intru&ive ga!e4 relyingon &cience and technical knoledgeDi& ithout li#it&; The &u*+ect ho4 in the ,a&t4&u*#itted to the ga!e of a od ho ,eered into hi& &oul today find& hi& *ody

&crutini!ed *y e3,ert& ho ,ro*e the #o&t &ecret rece&&e& of hi& &,iritDif not the veryo#* of hi& #other4 ,erha,& even farther; The inti#ate4 hich u&ed to *e defined a&a indo o,en to the &u*+ect and clo&ed to the >ther4 i& no ince&&antly ,ro*ed ande3torted;

9ro# no on4 an i##en&e #achine lay& &iege to the *order& of the inti#ate;

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e #u&t at ,re&ent di&,lace or rever&e our ,oint of vie in order to di&cover a ne,er&,ective; There i& another ay to cro&& the *order of the inti#ate' *y going in theo,,o&ite direction ?dans l%autre sens @; Thi& ould *e the ca&e of tho&e ho4uncon&trained *y any e3ternal force4 o,en u, their inti#acy4 confe&& it or e3,o&e it;

Thi& ha& nothing to do ith &tolen or e3torted i#age& or data4 *ut rather ith tho&ethat are deli*erately e3hi*ited; e &hould &tre&& that thi& ould not *e a ca&e of the&u*+ect renouncing hi& right to &ecrecyH on the contrary4 it ould *e a free act4 acertain e3erci&e of thi& right; The right to re#ain &ilent4 hich one hear& rituallyinvoked in 6#erican ,olice fil#& at each arre&t4 doe& not o*lige one to *e quiet; Thi&ould *e totalitariani&#4 according to Lacan' everything not ,rohi*ited i& o*ligatory;e #ight note in ,a&&ing that thi& right to &ilence e#*odie& the &,irit of 6#erica (anation founded *y tho&e fleeing ,er&ecution) ho&e citi!en&4 a& Jacque&B6lain %iller,oint& out4 gave the#&elve& a totally ne con&titution4 one ho&e ,rinci,le a& not



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,rohi*ition *ut ,er#i&&ivene&&; Thi& doe& not ,revent the e3i&tence of cen&or&hi,Hhoever4 e #u&t grant that cen&or&hi, doe& not derive fro# the Con&titution;

.The inti#ate e3,o&ed' thi& irre&i&ti*ly invoke& the age of hat e today call realityT7; 6lthough thi& ,heno#enon i& #a&&ive and arrant& our intere&t4 I only ant to#ention it here in order to highlight a &trange feature of our era; <a#ely4 that on theone hand4 the de&ire to &ee everything no longer only ani#ate& ,oer (.Aig Arotheri& atching Mou-)4 it i& no a ide&,read de&ire on the ,art of the &u*+ect4 one thatde#and& gratification; >n the other hand4 and at the &a#e ti#e4 it i& in thi&&ocietyDhere each ,er&on ant& to kno hat& ha,,ening in the life of theotherDthat thi& o*&cene ta&te for e3hi*ition develo,&; Each one ant& to &ee and

each one ant& to *e &een4 all at once;

Ae that a& it #ay4 I ould like for u& to ,ay attention here to hat i& taking ,lace inart and literature4 hich have *eco#e e#inent &ite& in the e3erci&e of thi& freedo# toflaunt the inti#ate; 6 verita*le art of e3hi*iting the inti#ate i& develo,ing today inliterature and in #u&eu#&; 9or#erly4 in art4 inti#acy a& &tartlingH i#age& of theinti#ate ere &tolen and gave the &,ectator the deliciou& feeling that he a&violating a ,rohi*ition4 that he a& an intruder ho &a hat he a&nt &u,,o&ed to&ee; Today the inti#ate i& not &tolen4 it i& di&,layed o,enly4 ithout &ha#e andithout giving a 3risson of ,lea&ure; Thi& can take all &ort& of for#&' ,ornogra,hy4e3hi*ition4 confe&&ion4 *ook revie4 ad#i&&ionH The 'e2ual "i3e o3 Catherine M7 *yCatherine %illet4 the fil#& of Larry Clark4 the ,hotogra,h& of 6raki4 or the ork of<an oldin;

>f cour&e4 one could o*+ect that the inti#ate a& *eing e3,o&ed long *efore the&eork& ca#e along4 *ut e #u&t re#ind our&elve& that in the eighteenth century4 fore3a#,le4 hen JeanBJacque& ou&&eau ,u*li&hed hi& Con3essions 4 it a&ntcon&idered an inti#ate ork in the &trict &en&e; hat a& then referred to a& a !ournal intime a& ,reci&ely that' a +ournal that re#ained &ecret and a& *ynece&&ity not ,u*li&hed; Ay contra&t4 hat characteri!e& our age i& that4 in addition torevealing our&elve& ?se dire @ in the &ecrecy of the analy&t& office4 the inti#ate todayi& ,u*li&hed4 i& di&,layed on &creen& and e3,o&ed on the all& of #u&eu#&; 6nd4 e#u&t add4 ithout &ha#e; e have entered the age of uncovering4 hich i& al&o anage of the di&&olution of &ha#e; >f cour&e4 ,&ychoanaly&t& &hould re+oice in thi&4 &incethi& tendency *ear& itne&& to a certain victory for 9reud4 in that the ,rohi*ition on&e3uality no longer eigh& on u&H in any ca&e4 it no longer eigh& on u& the ay itdid in 9reud& day;

Thi& di&&olution of &ha#e doe& not &ignal the total a*&ence of #ode&ty that ouldlead to ,rovocation ithout li#it4 *ut rather the &i#,le fact of a certain reduction ofthe feeling of guilt in the &u*+ect; In contra&t to artre& voyeur4 ho *lu&hed henhe thought he a& &een *y the >ther4 today& &u*+ect no longer *lu&he& hen he i&&een vieing i#age& of hi& fanta&y; Thi& i& hat4 in certain re&,ect&4 di&tingui&he& the

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e3hi*ition in #u&eu#& of hat u&ed to *e referred to a& .&ha#eful i#age&H na#ely4that no they are e3,o&ed ithout &ha#e; ha#eful i#age& have a hard ti#e&ha#ing u&' ti#e& are hard for ,ornogra,her&; That i&4 the *order cro&&ing I# talkinga*out in art can today no longer *e thought of in ter#& of &u*ver&ion4 &candal4,rovocation4 outrage4 or ,rofanation; 6long ith the di&&olution of &ha#e there i& acertain di&&olution of the &acred; The colla,&e of ,rohi*ition& doe& not call for&acrilege or *la&,he#y4 at lea&t not on a dayBtoBday *a&i&; candal i& &o afforda*lethe&e day& that it i& ithin the reach of the #o&t co##on adverti&e#ent; Thi& i& hyconte#,orary ork& of art that try to *e ,rovocative #u&t ,lay the ga#e ofe&calation4 a tiring ga#e in an alreadyBinflated #arketH the&e ork& end u, *eing

&o#ehat deri&ory4 grote&que or ,itiful; 9ortunately4 there are &till a fe irrita*le,uritan& here and there4 o*&e&&ive cen&or& that confer a hiff of &ulfur on certainork& that4 ithout the&e call& for ,rohi*ition or even de&truction4 ould notgenerate #uch of an audience;

The &ole re#aining ,rohi*ition4 the one &acred value in our &ociety that &ee#& tore#ain4 ha& to do ith children; It i& for*idden to touch a hair on their little *londhead&4 a& if children had redi&covered that angelic ,urity on hich 9reud #anaged toca&t &o#e dou*t; 6nd it i& undou*tedly the dia*olical figure of 9reud that econde#n today4 &eeing hi# a& the one ho4 *y uncovering the relation&hi, ofchildhood to &e3uality4 quite &i#,ly de,raved our virginal childhood&; In an agehen &e3uality i& e3hi*ited on every &treet corner4 the i#age of the innocent childha&4 &trangely4 returned ith a vengeance;

e have to ad#it4 today4 that e have &een everything; o ho doe& one go a*outcau&ing a &candal The inqui&itional ardor of a certain .#oral #inority : i& nothing*ut the &ign of the colla,&e of all ,rohi*ition&H likei&e4 the de&ire for the re&torationof value& i& at *otto# an indication that the ti#e& have changed4 that &ha#efuli#age& hardly &ha#e u& any#ore4 that their ,oer of ,rovocation ha& *eco#e*lunted; Thi& &hould give u& ,au&e;

In order to contra&t it ith certain hi&torical ,recedent&4 e &hould like to return for a#o#ent to the idea that &ha#eful i#age& ithout &ha#e are a novelty; 9or e3a#,le4after having read /aniel 6ra&&e4 one #ight *e &o#ehat correct in con&ideringTitian& 8enus o3 ,r*ino a& the ,aradig# of the .&ha#eful i#age; Thi& recu#*entnude o#an4 ho care&&e& her&elf hile &#iling at u&4 i& in certain re&,ect& a&ha#eful i#age ithout &ha#eDe3ce,t that thi& inti#ate i#age a& de&tined onlyfor the inti#acy of a &ingle ga!e4 that of uido*aldo della overe4 ho ordered thi&.,in u,8 fro# Titian for hi& e3clu&ive u&e; Thi& ,o&e& a real #u&eogra,hical ,ro*le#4not a& to the conte#,orary e3hi*ition of &uch a ,ainting in a #u&eu# (in the Nffi!i in9lorence)4 *ut a& to it& #eaningBeffect ?e33et de sens @ on vi&itor&; /uring theenai&&ance4 the inti#ate a& de&tined for an inti#ate &,ace; Today it goe& directlyto the #u&eu#H that i&4 it i& no longer de&tined for the &ecrecy of a studiolo or the

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ga!e of a lover4 *ut for the *right light& and greedy eye& of culture; The #u&eu# i&that great &ite of the de#ocracy of the ga!eH indeed4 it re&t& on a ,rinci,le that4 in aay4 derive& fro# the Enlighten#ent' every vi&i*le ork #u&t *e a*le to *e &een *yall; Let u& ad#it4 hoever4 that &uch a de#ocratic ,rinci,le4 hich i& a& &uch *eyonddi&cu&&ion4 neverthele&& ha& the effect of o*&curing the #eaning of certain ork& *ydelivering the# over to ga!e& for hich they ere not de&tined; ence e can drathe conclu&ion that the hi&tory of art i& inconceiva*le ithout the con&truction of ahi&tory of the ga!e; e can al&o ,erha,& under&tand if4 in Euro,e (and ,erha,&e&,ecially in 9rance)4 curator& of ,u*lic #u&eu#&Dthe defender& of the de#ocraticga!eDfeel a certain ho&tility toard ty,e& like uido*aldo della overe and ,rivate

collector& in general4 ho4 they clai#4 organi!e the ,rivati!ation and the de,rivationof the !ouissance of a ork that could *e the ,ro,erty of all;

o there e have it' a char#ing ,icture of our current &tate of affair&; Thi& lead& u& to#ake a dou*leBre#ark; >n the one hand4 in our era4 hich advance& under the&tandard of the ight& of %an4 the #aterial right to &ecrecy i& #aterially threatenedfro# all &ide&; >n the other hand4 one ould *e in ,art correct to try to ,revent thatright fro# *eco#ing hu#ankind& #o&t i#,ortant right; econdly and con+ointly4 ere#ark today a ide&,read4 e3ce&&ive di&,lay of the inti#ate; 9or #y ,art4 I &ugge&te con&ider the que&tion *y confronting the&e to &ide&4 one again&t the other' thatof the ide&,read threat again&t the inti#ate4 and the ide&,read e3ten&ion ofi#age& of the inti#ate; There are to &ide&' the inti#ate e3,o&ed4 and the inti#atee3torted; The que&tion I a# rai&ing deal& ith the ,o&&i*le relation of one to the

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%y hy,othe&i& i& that the e3ce&&ive di&,lay of i#age& of the inti#ate that e findtoday in art ari&e& not fro# the #odern e3erci&e of a freedo#4 *ut con&titute&4,arado3ically4 a re&,on&e to the threat a(ainst the inti#ate; >f cour&e one couldi#agine4 a& a re&,on&e to the hy,er#odern threat of a li#itle&& ga!e into the inti#ate4e3tending the u&e of the veil; (Thi& i&4 #oreover4 hat e are itne&&ing ith theri&e of %u&li# rigor;) Aut in art4 on the contrary4 e are al&o itne&&ing a #ove#entof uncovering4 one that #ight a,,ear4 after all4 to *e &i#,ly in kee,ing ith thede&ire for o#ni&cience of the #odern #a&ter; 6nd yet it &ee#& to #e that i#age& ofart4 certain one& at lea&t4 can &tage an interru,tion of thi& de&ire; e #u&t4 then4

&,ecify ho and hy;6ll of thi& #ean& that in order to under&tand hat one ould today call .&ha#efuli#age&4 e need no longer look at the ,rohi*ition4 *ut on the contrary4 at thi&#achineBforB&eeingBeverything4 thi& #achine for e3torting the inti#ate that i& todaythe ,oer in the hand& of the hy,er#odern #a&ter; To thi& e #u&t add the fact thatthe vi&i*le ha& *eco#e a co##odityH there i& a ,rivati!ation of the vi&i*le4 ith there&ult that4 henceforth4 the i#age of every &ingle thing can *e converted into #oney;<othing and no one can e&ca,e fro# the &y&te# of e3change4 hich i& glo*al; The#arket i& the conte#,orary for# of the univer&al; There i& no do#ain of hu#an



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affair& &hielded fro# it& la4 including that of the &acred and the tragic; e no longerlive in a orld of #a&ter& and &lave&4 ca,itali&t& and ,roletarian&4 or citi!en&4 *ut in aorld of con&u#er&4 either real or virtual; Lacan ,ro,he&ied thi&D.the ri&e of theo*+ect to the &ocial !enith;G The do#ination of ,rohi*ition& and of the father give&ay neatly to the do#ination of the o*+ect; The current tendency i& not toard the,rohi*ition *ut toard the ad#i&&ion4 in the &en&e that the *ody and the genital& (the#o&t inti#ate of the inti#ate) are al&o &ei!ed u,on *y the #arket; Everything i& freeand #u&t free it&elf in thi& &en&e; 6& a re&ult4 ithout ,rohi*ition&4 e &ee the,o&&i*ilitie& of ,rovocation di&a,,ear; There i& no longer a .hell; Everything i& #oreor le&& ,er#itted; There are &o#e thing& that &till #ake u& tre#*le4 *ut one get& the

feeling that it i& no longer ,o&&i*le to go very far in tran&gre&&ion unle&& one i& to#ake a ork out of cri#e; Thi& i& one ,o&&i*ility; Childhood i& the only thing todaythat can &tage an interru,tion4 a& e &a in the ca&e of the C6"C of Aordeau3;10 Aythe end of the tentieth century4 e had &een it all; Aut if the &acred ha& lo&t it& gloryand it& ,oer today4 ho do e go a*out *eing &u*ver&ive It& going to ha,,en #is- 9-#is the orld of the #arketH Jeff Ooon& &,eak& of thi&; Ay u&ing icon&4 *y erectingne and ridiculou& golden calve&4 Ooon& allo& u& to take a certain di&tance; Ayelevating alay&B,eri&ha*le o*+ect& to the dignity of the ork4 alay& i#,eri&ha*le4he uncover& a certain truthH he lay& *are the illu&ory ,re&tige of the feti&h; LaCicciolina i&4 in a &en&e4 one of the&e ork&' &he i& a &tatue of love and of &e3 &ei!ed inthe #arket,lace;11 The to,icality of .&ha#eful i#age& ould *e in thi& &en&e theto,icality of threat& again&t the inti#ate; If one function of art i& to &ho hat onecannot &ee4 e #u&t neverthele&& not li#it our&elve& to thinking that hat e cannot&ee i& hat i& ,rohi*ited4 that ,oor ta&te ould *e the ,ro,er re&,on&e to thecon&ervative attitude& of a .#oral #a+ority12 ho ould force u& to conceal hat ecannot &ee; <ot *ecau&e the inti#ate ould *e any le&& threatened *y a ,rohi*itionthan *y an o*ligatory ad#i&&ionD9oucault arned u& again&t thi&D*ut *ecau&e it i&,urely and &i#,ly threatened ith di&&olution;

Let u& &i#,ly a&k our&elve& thi& que&tion' hat could *e the ,o&&i*le #eaning andvalue of e3,o&ing ,ornogra,hic i#age& in a orld here e are &een everyhere4 all

G Jacque& Lacan4 .adio,honie4 'cilicet 2P ("ari&' Kdition& du euil4 1G:0) --;10 In 20004 the %u&eu# of Conte#,orary 6rt of Aordeau3 (C6"C) organi!ed an e3hi*it aroundthe the#e of childBhood4 ."re&u#ed Innocent (:résumés 1nnocents ); The e3hi*it *rought

together 200 ork& fro# 80 cele*rated arti&t&; i3 year& later4 in 200-4 a co#,laint a& lodged*y an e3tre#e rightBing organi!ation4 charging that the ork& ere .,ornogra,hic; Thefor#er director of the #u&eu# and to curator& ere ,laced under inve&tigationH they nori&k &entencing and ,uni&h#ent; The affair ,rovoked a &candal ith the #a+ority of the 9rench,u*lic &iding ith the accu&ed; 6 nu#*er of ,olitician& have al&o *eco#e involved and havelent their &u,,ort; The #atter i& &till ongoing; ?Tran&;@11 In 1GG1 the 6#erican &cul,tor #arried 6nna Ilona taller (al&o knon *y her &tage na#e LaCicciolina)4 an ItalianBungarian ,orn &tar turned ,olitician4 and the fir&t hardcore ,erfor#erin the orld to *e elected to a de#ocratic ,arlia#ent; ?Tran&;@12 In Engli&h in the original; ?Tran&@




the ti#e and fro# every angle4 and &ounded to the inner#o&t de,th& of our *odie&and our &oul&

Ive already #entioned that a ne figure haunt& our era4 a ,hanto# or a fanta&y' thatof the tran&,arent &u*+ect; It i& the correlate to hat I call the li#itle&& ga!e of the#a&ter; The invention of the =Bray at the end of the nineteenth century gave *irth tothe &cientific drea# of the tran&,arency of the *odyDto the ,oint of in&,iring the*elief that4 thank& to Qntgen4 our #o&t &ecret thought& ould no longer *e &afe fro#the ,racticed eye of the ,hy&ician; It i& clear that today the force& of technicale3,an&ion &ee# to ant to e3tend the ,oer of the #achineBforB&eeing to the ,ointof creating a #an ithout a &hado4 a totally tran&,arent &u*+ect4 in *ody and &oul;

Aeteen the e3,lo&ion of #edical i#aging4 the ,er,etual innovation in the field of,olice &urveillance and e&,ionage technology4 the triu#,h of legal #edicine and ofanato#ic ,athology4 or the &trange di&,lace#ent of ,&ychiatric e3,erti&e toard&hat e henceforth ill call .,&ychological auto,&y4 it &ee#& that ,oer i& todaycentered on the ga!e4 and that the e3erci&e of ,oer con&i&t& fir&t of all in increa&ingthe ,oer& of &urveillance of the &u*+ect and the inve&tigation of *odie&; e are thu&led to think that hat for#erly a& con&idered a divine attri*uteDthe o#ni&cience ofod4 hi& ,oer to &ee everything ithout *eing &eenDha& today *eco#e an attri*uteof a &ecular ,oer4 ar#ed *y *oth &cience and technology;

Thi& i& hy it i& of the ut#o&t i#,ortance to *e a*le to atch hat i& atching u&H toreveal to everyone that hich4 ithout our &eeing it4 turn& u& into &u*+ect&BunderBcontrol4 that i&4 o*&erved o*+ect&;

It ould hardly *e forcing thing& to &u,eri#,o&e thi& fanta&y of &cience onto hatould *e4 for the ,olice4 an ideal &ituation; "hotogra,hy ha& o*viou&ly ,layed ahi&toric role in doing thi&; Ay virtue of &hoing that thi& ,roce&& of recu,eration i&today on it& ay to co#,letion4 I ould direct your attention to the recent *atch of,olice T7 &ho& like C'1 4 in hich e &ee the ,rogre&&ive &u*&titution of thecharacter of the co,4 ,rivate eye4 or detective *y the figure& of the &cientific e3,ertand the foren&ic &cienti&t; The ,olice4 ho&e o*+ect i& to defend the living4 no &trivea*ove all to develo, inve&tigative technique& that deal ith cadaver&4 o*+ect&4 #atter;Likei&e4 hen doctor& &,eak of develo,ing the .,&ychological auto,&y a& an area ofe3,erti&e4 one &hould orry that thi& #ean&4 fro# no on4 that the &u*+ect a& &uchill *e thought of a priori a& a cadaver4 and that one #ight ,enetrate into it&inner#o&t rece&&e& to root out the truth; u&tained *y the &cientific fanta&y oftran&,arency4 ,oer& right to the ga!e4 hich i& &et again&t the &u*+ect& right to&ecrecy4 *eco#e& a #a+or and acute ,olitical ,ro*le#;

It i& al&o a ,ro*le# for any reflection on art today; <ot that the que&tion ,o&e& it&elf&,ecifically for artH rather4 folloing the idea of art I a# ,utting forth4 I *elieve thattoday4 art i& a &ite here the fanta&y of &cience i& ,o&ed and e3,o&ed a& ,ro*le#aticin the &en&e that one uncover& it4 that it i& de#on&trated and di&#antled a& &uch; 6rti& the &ite here the fanta&y of &cience and of the #odern #a&ter are ,erha,& #o&t




,rofoundly thought through4 and here there i& a re&,on&e to the threat &uch afanta&y entail&;

Ill give an e3a#,le' hen the great Aelgian arti&t i# /elvoye ,roduce&radiogra,hic i#age& of a ki&& or of &e3ual act&4 or hen Aernard 7enet run& a &elfB,ortrait through a &canner4 the&e arti&t& are not #erely ae&thetically a,,ro,riating thelate&t &cientific technologie&4 a& ha& *een done in art for a long ti#e; 6& far a& the u&eof radiogra,hy goe&4 it &ee#& that %eret >,,enhei# a& the fir&t (in 1G-$) to #ake=Bray ,ortrait&' &elfB,ortrait&4 to *e e3act; Ay e3,o&ing the &cientific hy,erBinti#acyof the *ody4 the&e arti&t& i#age& are truly a critical re&,on&e to the &cientific fanta&yof the tran&,arent &u*+ectH that i&4 one hich i& fully knoa*le; The&e &cientific

i#age& alert u& to the de&ire& of &cience and it& ,reten&ion& to an entirely calcula*le4a&&e&&a*le4 and a& a re&ult fully ,redicta*le &u*+ect; In truth4 hat the&e i#age& oftran&,arency &ho u&4 hat the&e arti&t& &ho u& *y &hoing u& &cientific i#age& ofthe *ody& tran&,arency4 i& that4 along ith the fanta&y of &cience4 there al&o e3i&t& acertain irreduci*le o,acity;

cience doe& have a &tu#*ling *lock; Ill &ay hich later;

To linger for a #o#ent ith the idea of a critical art or of an art of re&i&tance4 Icannot hel, referencing a ork *y Aruce <au#an; I have to ad#it that I think ofAruce <au#an a& a &ort of univer&al thinkerH he i& to #y #ind the i&& ar#y knifeof our era4 the great revealer of the late&t #alai&e of our civili!ation; I have4#oreover4 co#e u, ith a la that I call the "aw o3 T7;7;7757B767;7T7T7' ' There&B

6lay&B6BorkB>fBAruceB<au#an&B6da,tedBToBTheBituation; 9or no Ill &,eakof the audio ,iece e3hi*ited in "ari& and #ore recently at the Tate %odern in London;>ne enter& freely into a &#all ,added roo#4 dark and e#,ty4 and a& one a,,roache&the all& one hear&Dvaguely at fir&t4 and then4 a& one near& the ,artition4 #oredi&tinctlyDa voice4 hi&,ering fir#ly4 .get out of #y #ind4 get out of thi& roo#; 1 Iti& the voice of Aruce <au#an hi#&elf; Thu& one goe& to a #u&eu#4 one alk& cal#lyinto a &,ace ith the ai# of &eeing4 a& i& fairH and once in&ide4 one di&cover& fir&t ofall that there i& nothing to &ee4 and then that one i& .in&ide the #ind of Aruce<au#an and ould do ell to get out of there4 and fa&t; 6 ork that kick& you tothe cur*' all in all4 not *ad for a #u&eu# ,iece; In fact4 if I had to aard a rand"ri!e in 6rt again&t the .,&ychological auto,&yDto ,ick a ork that #o&t acutelydenounce& the de&ire of e3,ert& to ,ro*e our &oul&4 a ork of ,u*lic &afetyannouncing that the a&&e&&or& are already in our head&4 in &hort4 a ork that #o&t&avagely defend& the inti#ateDI ould4 ithout he&itation4 no#inate thi& ,iece *yAruce <au#an;

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<o4 in order to conclude4 and to re&,ond at the &a#e ti#e to certain que&tion& &tillin &u&,en&ion4 e #u&t face a ,arado3;

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To refer to ,&ychoanaly&i&4 a& I have *een doing4 i& to defend a di&cour&e that4 one#ight clai#4 i& al&o re&,on&i*le for e3torting the inti#ate; %ichel 9oucault #ay havethought &o; ayingBeverything ?le tout-dire @ lead& &traight to the confe&&ionalDtheChurch and co##uni&# have *oth *een guilty of thi&; <o4 a& far a& &u&,ecting that,&ychoanaly&i& i& on the &ide of the inqui&itive ga!e4 I give youDa& fodder for&u&,iciou& #ind&Danother *ad &ign4 the fact that 9reud conceived of the #aterialdevice of ,&ychoanaly&i&4 the relation of ar#chair to couch4 *y invoking the ,oer itoffered hi# to .&ee ithout *eing &een; e thu& invoked (ithout knoing it4 I*elieve) hat u&ed to *e con&idered an attri*ute of od4 the only *eing ca,a*le of&eeing ithout *eing &een;1$ Ay ,lacing hi#&elf in hi& ar#chair4 the ,&ychoanaly&t i&

&u,,o&ed to *e &itting on the throne of an o#ni&cient god;The entire ,ro*le# can *e li#ited to to que&tion&4 hich in turn i#,ly to *arrier&;The fir&t i& ethical' if the analy&t doe& indeed have a certain o#ni&cience at hi&di&,o&al4 the value of thi& o#ni&cience lie& in the analy&t& not #aking u&e of it;hether he doe& or not re&t& on an ethical choice alone4 one fro# hich analy&i& i&&u&,ended' in hi& role a& li&tener4 the analy&t i& nonB&eeing (hich i& hat ,erha,&give& hi# the ,oer4 like Tire&ia&4 to &ee into the future); The &econd *arrier i& real'doe& it nece&&arily follo that4 fro# the ,oer to &ee everything4 everything can *e&een In truth4 the ,ro*le# i& ,layed out here4 &ince thi& *eg& the que&tion of a li#itto the ga!eDone founded not on a ,rohi*ition4 on a choice4 or on any contingency4*ut on an i#,o&&i*le4 on the real;

6ll of thi& only #ake& &en&e if e ,ut ,&ychoanaly&i& into hi&torical ,er&,ective;

Jacque&B6lain %iller tried hi& hand at thi& on a radio &ho &o#e #onth& ago; e#u&t indeed ad#it that the ,ri#ary effect of ,&ychoanaly&i& in our orld ha& *een to#odify co##on &en&e *y loudly touting it& clai#' *y &aying4 .everything i& good foryou; 6t any rate4 thi& i& ho &ociety ha& inter,reted it; The&e day&4 the idea that&aying everything i& *eneficial ha& *eco#e co##on &en&e; 9or#erly4 there erething& that one did not &ay4 le&t the &acred *e offended; e #u&t reali!e that4 a& are&ult of thi& ,o&&i*ility4 the act of &aying had great value; 6& a re&ult4 the authorityof cen&or&hi, ha& ,layed an i#,ortant role throughout hi&tory; <or did 9reud fail torecogni!e it& i#,ortance4 giving4 a& he did4 the notion of cen&or&hi, a ,lace in hi&theory; riter&4 too4 have *een aare of the ,ro*le#4 fro# the ti#e hen the act of&aying &till counted for &o#ething; Cen&or&hi, a& the riter& ,artner; 6gain4 it a&Leo trau&& ho highlighted the role of ,er&ecution in the art of riting4 hich

required a riting of di&&i#ulation4 an .art of riting *eteen the line& here*yevery ,iece of riting a& &u,,o&ed to *e an encoded #e&&age; Even ou&&eau (toho# I have al&o already alluded)4 ho ,rofe&&ed a frankne&& ithout li#it&4ad#itted to e#,loying a certain art of riting &o a& not to reveal to certain #aliciou&

1$ I refer here to to te3t&' ig#und 9reud4 .>n Aeginning the Treat#ent (9urthereco##endation& on the Technique of "&ychoanaly&i& I)4 The 'tandard Edition o3 the

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,eo,le hat he a& really thinking; <everthele&&4 today e #u&t o*&erve that&ayingBeverything ha& triu#,hed; e live in the age of the Internet that4 to +udge *ythe evidence4 i& heading in the direction of &ayingBeverything;

6nd thi& i& the ,oint; That i&4 e have to conclude that e no longer live in the era of9reud; 9reud lived in another ti#e4 the 7ictorian age4 hich ,ivoted on the&u,,re&&ion of &,eech4 ith it& cohort of cen&or&hi, and re,re&&ion; In a &en&e4 he*orroed the&e notion& fro# hi& ti#e; In that orld of cen&or&hi, and re,re&&ion4,&ychoanaly&i& thu& o*viou&ly #arked the a,,earance of a certain freeingBu, of&,eech; 6& Jacque&B6lain %iller e#,ha&i!e&4 /ada and urreali&# ill later *e ,art&of thi& current;

Thi& freeingBu, of &,eech ha& led to a #utation in de,th in the tentiethBcenturycorrelative to a eakening of the &acred; The ,&ychoanaly&t4 it i& &aid4 #u&t ,leadguilty in thi& re&,ect4 for he ha& indeed contri*uted to the di&&olution of the &acred;Thu&4 during it& fir&t century4 ,&ychoanaly&i& ha& *een conte#,oraneou& ith an artcaught u, in a Aataillean dialectic *eteen the &acred4 ,rohi*ition4 and tran&gre&&ion;Ay ,itting it&elf again&t cen&or&hi, and re,re&&ion4 ,&ychoanaly&i& thu& ork&together ith the ,rovocative e3hi*ition of &ha#eful i#age&;

Aut our ,re&ent age4 the age of the triu#,h of 9reud and the Internet4 of the triu#,hof the &ayBeverything4 o,en& u, the o*viou&ly #ore #elancholy hori!on of tentyBfir&t century ,&ychoanaly&i&; hat i& left for u& to ho,e for if the &ayBeverything ha&already triu#,hed >*viou&ly4 there are &till #oral ,anic& and cen&or&H there are &till

li*eratory *attle& to fight; Aut to conclude here ould #ake for a dull endingDa fal&eone4 to *e hone&t; The late&t re&ult of the &ocial &ayBeverything i& that it di&&olve& thefield of language; In other ord&4 9reud& triu#,h i& al&o a defeat;

oever4 again&t the *ackground of thi& dull ending4 another que&tion a,,ear&' canone truly &ay everything To &ay everything i& &u,,o&ed to re&olve everything; Autalthough one can try to &ay everything4 thi& atte#,t i& futile4 for there i&4 fortunatelyfor ,&ychoanaly&i&4 &o#ething that re#ain& unre&olved4 &o#ething never re&olved4&o#ething that4 e can &afely ,redict4 ill never *e re&olved; o#ething having to doith &e3uality; o#ething in the &e3uality of the hu#an &,ecie& ill never *ere&olved; o e #u&t reconcile our&elve& to that hich ill never *e re&olved; Thi&o,en& u, ne ,o&&i*ilitie& for ,&ychoanaly&i& in our hy,er#odern age; That hich i&not re&olved i& e3actly hat Lacan called .the i#,o&&i*le &e3ual relation; >*viou&ly4

thi& doe& not #ean (and e &hould kno thi& *y noDLacan &tarted the hole*u&ine&& in the :0&) that there i& no &e3ual relation&hi,4 *ut rather that there i&4 forthe hu#an &,ecie&4 no &uch thing a& a fi3ed4 defined *ody of knoledge concerningthe relation *eteen the &e3e&; "ink fla#ingoe& kno thi&4 a& do guinea ,ig&4 *ut #endo not4 nor do o#en; Thi& i&4 *y the ay4 hy hu#ankind ha& invented all &ort& oforgani!ed *odie& of knoledge4 &uch a& #arriage and the Kama 'utra Din an atte#,tto co#,en&ate for thi& lack;

In other ord&4 there &ee#& to *e a *eyond ?au-del9 @ of ,rohi*ition; "rohi*ition u&edto *e a *arrier that called for tran&gre&&ion; 6rt a& at one ti#e a &ite of freedo#




again&t ,rohi*ition; Today e are di&covering that ,rohi*ition i& not the ulti#ate*arrier4 *ut that4 funda#entally4 it i& a #ean& of giving a hu#an faceD*y #ean& ofthe la4 the &y#*olic4 languageDto the real of an i#,o&&i*le; 9olloing the logic ofCocteau& re#ark in The eddin( on the Ei33el Tower 4 .&ince the&e #y&terie& are*eyond u&4 let& ,retend ere organi!ing the#;15 "rohi*ition take& over for thei#,o&&i*le;

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hich *ring& #e to #y la&t re#ark; I ould contend that today4 art re&ide& on the&ide of thi& realDthat &ha#eful i#age& co#e to *e in&cri*ed ,reci&ely here there i&

&o#ething unre&olved in &e3uality4 &o#ething that cannot *e e3hau&ted4 either *y&aying or *y &eeing; 6 &,ace i& o,ening u, in art today' not of &e3uality4 *ut of#alai&e in &e3uality4 of #alai&e in !ouissance ;

Thi& i& al&o an o,ening for an art of the ,o&tB9reudian age; e are under thei#,re&&ion today that it i& good to ad#it to every !ouissance 4 *ut there e3i&t&&o#ething *efore hich &,eech fail&4 hatever e #ight do; hen e readCatherine %illet& novel4 it tell& u& of a certain &ilence of !ouissance ; <an oldin i& agreat arti&t of civili!ation& #alai&e4 in other ord&4 of the #alai&e of !ouissance 4 ofthe great di&order of love; he4 too4 i& an arti&t of a ,&ychoanaly&i&BofBtheB,re&ent4 ofthe ulti#ate truth of ,&ychoanaly&i&4 hich i& that of the i#,o&&i*le; er i#age& of*eatenBu, tran&ve&tite& at four oclock in the #orning4 ith their #a&cara runningand their ,retty dre&&e& all a&ke' the&e are i#age& of the unveiling of the truth of

&e3; 6nd of the ,hallu&' all orn out and flaccid4 not turnedBon and erect; e live inthe age of the eary ,hallu&; oldin& i& the ,unk art of &e34 the .no future1- of &e3;The i#age ha& lo&t all ca,acity to &hock; Thi& i& not to &ay that her i#age& the#&elve&are flaccid4 deli*erately; <or are they ugly4 ,rovocative4 di&gu&tingDnothing of thekindH they are &i#,ly true; The&e i#age& can *e #oving4 &triking4 trou*ling4 hateveryou likeH there i& no rea&on hat&oever that the truth ha& to *e ugly and un,lea&ant;hat the&e i#age& &ho i& that there i& &o#ething *ehind the &hocking4 *ehind thei#age4 *ehind all thing&' the great incura*le di&order of love; 9or hi& ,art4 LarryClark& fil#ing of 6#erican adole&cent& de#on&trate& a li*erated &e3uality4 al*eit onedating fro# the era of the triu#,h of ,&ychoanaly&i&' a &e3uality that ha& fini&hede3,re&&ing it&elf4 that i&4 a &e3uality that i& orn out; The&e children are4 in a ay4&till the children of 9reud and CocaBCola;

I ould thu& &ituate thing& in thi& ay' certain i#age& are ca,a*le of &hoing#alai&e in !ouissance 4 of &hoing that hich re#ain& unre&olved in the do#ain of&e3uality; There again I find the LacanoBittgen&teinian #achine that lead& #e tothe que&tion of the i#age4 folloing the ,ro,o&ition of the Tractatus that &tate& that

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there i& &o#ething ine3,re&&i*le4 that there are thing& one cannot &ay4 and that thathich one cannot &ay &ho& it&elf; 9ro# thi& I &i#,ly dra the conclu&ion thattoday4 &ha#eful i#age& are no longer to *e con&idered &u*ver&ive or e#anci,atory4that they no longer &tand u, again&t ,rohi*ition4 *ut that they confront thei#,o&&i*le' the &e3ual relation that doe& not e3i&t;

To conclude4 e #ight evoke to radiogra,hic i#age& *y i# /elvoye; 1: The&e =Bray i#age& ,o&&e&& the ,oer of e3tre#e truth; Aut not here one ould think4 norhere one ould look; /i&,laying a ki&& or an act of fellatio4 they are there to *e&een4 of cour&e4 like every i#age; Aut4 on the one hand4 the&e i#age& &ho hat onecannot &ee ith the naked eye4 the interior of *odie& in action; e are no longer in

the era of the ,ornogra,hic #ovie; The value of the a,,earance of the ,ornogra,hic#ovie4 if there i& one4 a& that it &hoed &o#ething4 a ,art of the anato#y thatcine#a had never &hon *efore' &e3ual organ& in action; =Bray i#age& go one &te,further *y going *eyond anato#y4 *eyond the &e3ual organ& under our &kin; Thu& thei#age& of i# /elvoye tend to &ho &o#ething that no one had ever &een *efore'ho the &e3ual organ& ork; "erha,& it ould *e *etter to &ay that the&e i#age&&ho that one doe& not &ee it; >r4 *etter yet4 they &ho that it i& nor#al for one notto &ee it;

>ne can ,hotogra,h the inti#ate functioning of the &e3ual organ& u&ing &cience andthe #o&t &o,hi&ticated technique&; Met thi& in no ay ri&k& divulging the &ecret of &e34of ho hu#an de&ire18 ork&4 or of the a&toni&hing #achine of the &e3e& for hichthere are no *lue,rint&Da& o,,o&ed to the ,oo,B#achine that (a& if *y chance) i#

/elvoye hi#&elf *uilt4 and ith co#,lete &ucce&&;1G The CloacaBTur*o (hich al&oallo& one to &ee a #echani&# in&ide the *ody) and the =Bray i#age of a &e3ual actould *e inver&e co,ie& of each other' on the one hand4 the i#age of a #achine thatork&4 and on the other4 the i#age of a #achine that doe&nt; To *e #ore e3act4 Iould &ay that the&e =Bray i#age& (hich re&e#*le Leonardo& fa#ou& anato#icaldraing re,re&enting an act of coitu& in cutaay) de#on&trate a*ove all that there i&&o#ething one cannot &ee' ho love ork&4 the &ecret of &e3uality; Thi& i& theircritical di#en&ion; They are addre&&ed a& #uch to ,hy&ician& a& to everyone el&e4ith the #e&&age that the &earch for *odily tran&,arency i& a fanta&y *ecau&e there i&&o#ething that e ill never *e a*le to &ee4 kno4 or #a&ter' the &e3ual relation; Moucan =Bray the *ody4 auto,&y the *ody4 render the *ody a& tran&,arent a& you like4 *utyou ill never learn the &ecret of the &e3ual relation; Thi& i& hat4 after all4

definitively re&i&t& the ill of the #a&ter4 ho in&i&t& that thing& .ork; Medicalima(in( *rou(ht up short *y the se2ual relation ' thi& could *e the title for thi& &erie&of i#age& *y i# /elvoye;

1: To find re,roduction& of /elvoye& =Bray ork& online &eeShtt,'PP;touchyour&elf;orgP*logP2005P12Pdelvoye&B3BrayB&e3;ht#l ?Editor& note@18 In Engli&h in the original; ?Tran&@1G To find re,roduction& of /elvoye& Cloaca online4 &ee Sht,,'PP;cloaca;*eP#achine;ht#l?Editor& note@



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6& a re&ult4 it i& rather a#u&ing to ,oint out that the fir&t =Bray i#age4 #ade *yQntgen4 ho invented radiogra,hy in 18G5 (the &a#e year ,&ychoanaly&i& and thecine#a ere *orn) a& that of the hand of hi& ife4 and that hat e fir&t noticehen e &ee it i& the dark &hado of her edding ring; Thu& the fir&t i#age of theinterior of a o#an& *ody reveal& the ,re&ence of a #an4 &,ecifically4 a hu&*andDa&cienti&t hu&*and fro# ho# &he could kee, no &ecret&; <o dou*t that e3,lain& thi&i#age; >ne onder& hat Qntgen had in #ind hen he decided to ,roduce4 a& hi&fir&t i#age4 an =Bray of hi& ife& *ody; e #ight &ay that i# /elvoye &ho& u&hat Qntgen had in #ind;

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The hy,er#odern orld i& &u*+ected to the order of tran&,arency; Thi& atchord&eek& to triu#,h thu&' .all of the real i& vi&i*le4 and hat i& not vi&i*le i& not real; Inthi& orld4 art &ee#& to +oin ith ,&ychoanaly&i& in the &a#e cau&e' to di&,el theillu&ion of tran&,arency; Thi& cau&e i&4 #oreover4 that of the defen&e of the &hado; Iti& a cau&e of truth;

6rt and ,&ychoanaly&i&' to di&cour&e& of the other &ide of tran&,arency;

9ro# thi& e conclude that4 in thi& hy,er#odern orld4 art and ,&ychoanaly&i& arenece&&ary;

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