Every cloud has a silver lining: Renata Salecl in conversation with Patrizio Di Massimo

Di Massimo and Salecl analyse recent projects of Di Massimo’s art practice such as ‘The Lustful Turk’ (2012/13), ‘Me Mum Mister Mad’ (2014) and his recent show at Rowing. The discussion will explore these projects under the lens of Salecl’s psychoanalytic approach, especially focusing on her essay ‘Love and Sexual Difference’ published in Sexuation (2000), a book of essays on Lacan’s theories of sexual difference. The conversation will then evolve towards Salecl’s last books, On Anxiety (2004) and Tyranny of Choice (2010), discussing the different approaches these works give rise to in contemporary artistic practice today.