Psychoanalytic space 1.2

Hi everyone!

The initial idea of our project was getting pictures of the praxis rooms of SFU psychoanalysts. We wanted to investigate the connection between the book “Behandlungs(t)räume” by Matejek and Lempa where the pictorial metaphors for major psychoanalytic schools were presented and interior of SFU analysts professional spaces.

We approached 5 therapists asking them for the permission to make pictures of their praxis. At this moment surprise started…

Although some of them agreed without any questions, with some we had interesting discussion. They were concerned where the pictures would be posted and who would have an access to them. We proposed to make it anonymous; it wasn’t persuasive enough for them.

That made us think- what do they defend? (If not themselves for being exposed to vague unknown public) What is the real meaning of praxis room for psychoanalyst? How much is the psychoanalyst personality there in nonverbal communication?

Maria, Sasha and Oksana

 

 

Round the world with my Capsule

 

 

 

Hi there,

 

 

since we are gone now for a wile, I`d like to tell you something about our ongoing trip around the world. It was very easy to get the licences for the differnt sites to place the capsule. I didn`t think that it will be that easy because it is the high season, and really there many travelling right now with their capsule. Also families and business men. So it was very hard to get a place for your own. In Monument Valley we where absolutly lucky because the kind of dropped us just in middle of there, because they had some trouble with the van. You can see it at the picture, really awesome!!

The pictures are kind of mixed up, but I have to hurry we need to load the capsult onto the train in den next hour, and I am waiting at the staiton right now.

How you see at the pictures we also have been in the Carribean - but well, that was a bit expensive. And we had tourbles with energie supplies, and tons of sand in our capsule. Not really nice!

Then we got transfered with the Nagasaki Original Capsule Cruiser, and it is really like everyone is telling like on a real Cruise. Get to know nice people there, and you should see the fitness capsule.

Arriving in Europe we get straight to vienna, on the picture you see our Capsule in front of the Stephansdom :-). It was fun to watch how the build in our Casule into the Viennice Capsule Tower.

Then we went to the Alps, where they forgot to pick us up with the helicopter, we got stucked for two weeks. And know how I said we are finally at the trainstation to go further on to France. Paris will be great. I will write you again soon, see you later at the SFU.

Yours Bettina, Victoria and Birgitta



 

Psychoanalytic space

Outer spaces always represent inner ones. Especially when it comes to the psychoanalytic rooms. One side they are an imaginary wombs where the patient is supposed to feel safe comfortable and cozy; where one likes to free associate and to regress. Another side it should be relatively “neutral” although we know that analytical neutrality is a myth.

No matter how disclosed the analyst is, the room speaks for itself. Interior details can evolve memories, associations, and fantasies. The light, pictures, smells, plants – all can trigger foster analytic process.

The following link invites you to explore modern analytic spaces:

http://markgeraldphoto.com/#/IN%20THE%20SHADOW%20OF%20FREUD%27S%20COUCH/IN%20THE%20SHADOW%20OF%20FREUD%27S%20COUCH/1

Enjoy!

Maria,Sasha and Oksana