HELEN ROLLINS's guest appearances

HELEN ROLLINS

The Gentle Rebel Podcast

Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis, Art, Politics, Culture

Should've Stayed At The Bus Station

Kamala Harris

Carl Abrahamsson

Gary Lachman

Sherene Vismaya

Carl Jung

Kasper Opstrup

Ingmar Bergman

Gregory Sadler

Brian Kelly

Jim Woods

Massimo Pigliucci

John Perry

Simon Critchley

Francis Bacon

Peter Grey

OwlTail

Helen Rollins is a filmmaker, lecturer at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies, and host of the podcast "The Lack". We talk about psychoanalysis.

Helen Rollins is a filmmaker, lecturer at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies, and host of the podcast "The Lack". We talk about psychoanalysis.

Helen Rollins

Isabel Millar

On this episode of Rendering Unconscious, the various theorists, philosophers, psychoanalysts &amp; artists teaching in the Certificate in Psychoanalysis program of the Institute of Psychoanalysis at the Global Centre of Advanced Studies (GCAS) College, get together to discuss their work and the classes we are teaching as part of the program. https://gcascollege.ie/psychoanalysis-certificateThis episode available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/Rdx0rGPEBSUYou can support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carlYour support is greatly appreciated.Bracha L. Ettinger, PhD: https://gcas.ie/bracha-l-ettingerIsabel Millar, PhD: https://gcas.ie/isabel-millarJulie Reshe, PhDis a professor at the School of Advanced Studies (SAS), University of Tyumen. She is a leading researcher in psychoanalysis and professor of philosophy at the Global Center for Advanced Studies where she directs the Institute of Psychoanalysis: https://gcas.ie/julie-resheHelen Rollins: https://gcas.ie/helen-rollinsVanessa Sinclair, PsyD: https://gcas.ie/vanessa-sinclairCreston Davis, PhD: https://gcas.ie/creston-davisAlso teaching in the Certificate in Psychoanalysis program areJamieson Webster, PhD: https://gcascollege.ie/jamieson-websterDuane Rousselle, PhD: https://gcascollege.ie/duane-rousselleRendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists &amp; other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts &amp; more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences: www.drvanessasinclair.netRendering Unconscious main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.orgRendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo… Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites.Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000The track at the end of the episode is "A gown made of flesh" from the album  "Follow my voice" by Vanessa Sinclair and Per Åhlund available digitally at Bandcamp: https://vanessasinclairperhlund.bandcamp.com/album/follow-my-voiceAnd as a limited edition CD (edition of 23) with original collage, available from Trapart Editions: https://store.trapart.net/details/00168Intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast by Carl Abrahamsson: https://www.carlabrahamsson.comImage: GCAS Certificate in Psychoanalysis

On this episode of Rendering Unconscious, the various theorists, philosophers, psychoanalysts &amp; artists teaching in the Certificate in Psychoanalysis program of the Institute of Psychoanalysis at the Global Centre of Advanced Studies (GCAS) College, get together to discuss their work and the classes we are teaching as part of the program. <a href="https://gcascollege.ie/psychoanalysis-certificate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcascollege.ie/psychoanalysis-certificate</a> This episode available to view at YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/Rdx0rGPEBSU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Rdx0rGPEBSU</a> You can support the podcast at: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl</a> Your support is greatly appreciated. Bracha L. Ettinger, PhD: <a href="https://gcas.ie/bracha-l-ettinger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/bracha-l-ettinger</a> Isabel Millar, PhD: <a href="https://gcas.ie/isabel-millar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/isabel-millar</a> Julie Reshe, PhDis a professor at the School of Advanced Studies (SAS), University of Tyumen. She is a leading researcher in psychoanalysis and professor of philosophy at the Global Center for Advanced Studies where she directs the Institute of Psychoanalysis: <a href="https://gcas.ie/julie-reshe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/julie-reshe</a> Helen Rollins: <a href="https://gcas.ie/helen-rollins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/helen-rollins</a> Vanessa Sinclair, PsyD: <a href="https://gcas.ie/vanessa-sinclair" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/vanessa-sinclair</a> Creston Davis, PhD: <a href="https://gcas.ie/creston-davis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcas.ie/creston-davis</a> Also teaching in the Certificate in Psychoanalysis program are Jamieson Webster, PhD: <a href="https://gcascollege.ie/jamieson-webster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcascollege.ie/jamieson-webster</a> Duane Rousselle, PhD: <a href="https://gcascollege.ie/duane-rousselle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gcascollege.ie/duane-rousselle</a> Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists &amp; other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts &amp; more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences: <a href="http://www.drvanessasinclair.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.drvanessasinclair.net</a> Rendering Unconscious main website: <a href="http://www.renderingunconscious.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.renderingunconscious.org</a> Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo… Please visit <a href="http://www.renderingunconscious.org/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.renderingunconscious.org/about</a> for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): <a href="http://store.trapart.net/details/00000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">store.trapart.net/details/00000</a> The track at the end of the episode is "A gown made of flesh" from the album "Follow my voice" by Vanessa Sinclair and Per Åhlund available digitally at Bandcamp: <a href="https://vanessasinclairperhlund.bandcamp.com/album/follow-my-voice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vanessasinclairperhlund.bandcamp.com/album/follow-my-voice</a> And as a limited edition CD (edition of 23) with original collage, available from Trapart Editions: <a href="https://store.trapart.net/details/00168" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://store.trapart.net/details/00168</a> Intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast by Carl Abrahamsson: <a href="https://www.carlabrahamsson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.carlabrahamsson.com</a> Image: GCAS Certificate in Psychoanalysis

RU164: GCAS PSYCHOANALYSIS BRACHA ETTINGER, ISABEL MILLAR, JULIE RESHE, HELEN ROLLINS, CRESTON DAVIS

In this week's podcast I am joined by screenwriter, director, and producer, Helen Rollins.I came across Helen's work through her collaborations with Peter Rollins who I have been reading and following for many years.I wanted to chat with Helen about some of the concepts I've seen her explore through her films and heard her talk about on her podcast (The Lack). She has particular interests in psychoanalysis, continental philosophy and film and literature from the French and Spanish-speaking world.Yes, this is one of those kind of episodes! And I love it!The Ideology of PromiseWhat comes to mind when you hear the term 'Ideology of Promise'?Does it sound familiar?Helen talks about 'Ideology of Promise' as a way to describe the air we breathe under the clouds of modern capitalism.We've all experienced it. In fact, we swim through it every day.It's the message that keeps us holding to the future promise of wholeness and completeness, if we can eliminate the obstacles that holds us back from achieving our desires.Wrapped up in this ideology is a simple (unspeakable and hidden) truth...the lack can never be filled. Even when we acquire an object of desire, it soon becomes apparent that it fails to fulfil its promise of true satisfaction.Bad InfinityI was recently struck by a TV advert that seemed to capture the essential characteristics at the heart of this Ideology of Promise. The advert shows a well-dressed attractive man driving through empty sun-kissed streets in a generic city down-town. He stops for a short photo shoot in a sparse warehouse studio before he gets back in the car and drives on.This is underlaid by epic string-driven electronic, lens flare, and these words..."For me one of the best things about life is that we keep moving forward. I love that we're constantly evolving. We progress. Every day we discover exciting new technologies. Redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. Basically we choose what we want our future to look like...so what's yours going to be?"Yes I know, most car adverts are complete nonsense. But something about this one really grabbed me. The music, the aesthetic, the pacing, yes. The warm fuzzy feeling...Yes! The warm fuzzy feeling.On the surface this seems fine. It feels like it's delivering some comforting words of reassuring truth about the future.And yet, beneath that surface it's unsettling. It's not reassuring or comforting. It speaks to the heart of this ideology of promise. Bad infinity and unattainable satisfaction. The never-ending growth towards nothing. There is no foothold. Nothing to grab hold of.Anxiety and Empty ProgressionIt pokes our fantasy. This life, this car along these streets, this aesthetic, freedom and attention. But it presents us with a utopia, which can't exist.The utopian future world, where the roads are empty, we are gliding through the streets in with silent ease, alone. The sunset glow gently through the window, as we gaze into the rear view mirror to see a perfectly sculpted face, flawless smile, and eyes that could melt a thousand suns. And these words reverberate around our isolated world...Keep moving forward. Constantly evolve and progress. Discover new technologies and redefine who you are. Choose what you want your future to look like.In other words, never stop progressing...Progressing towards what?Towards the ever present itch that can't be scratched.In the podcast Helen (and "I") discuss: 	The nature of lack and excess in our lives as subjective beings of language 	The positive side of our propensity as humans to excessively over-invest in things 	Utopia as the fantasy created by the shadow of our 'enemy' (and why belief in utopia sustains misery) 	The transcendental disappointment of success, and how we are sustained by the satisfaction of failure 	The holy matrimony of Productivity and Creativity under the eye of The Ideology of Promis...

In this week's podcast I am joined by screenwriter, director, and producer, Helen Rollins. I came across Helen's work through her collaborations with Peter Rollins who I have been reading and following for many years. I wanted to chat with Helen about some of the concepts I've seen her explore through her films and heard her talk about on her podcast (The Lack). She has particular interests in psychoanalysis, continental philosophy and film and literature from the French and Spanish-speaking world. Yes, this is one of those kind of episodes! And I love it! The Ideology of Promise What comes to mind when you hear the term 'Ideology of Promise'? Does it sound familiar? Helen talks about 'Ideology of Promise' as a way to describe the air we breathe under the clouds of modern capitalism. We've all experienced it. In fact, we swim through it every day. It's the message that keeps us holding to the future promise of wholeness and completeness, if we can eliminate the obstacles that holds us back from achieving our desires. Wrapped up in this ideology is a simple (unspeakable and hidden) truth...the lack can never be filled. Even when we acquire an object of desire, it soon becomes apparent that it fails to fulfil its promise of true satisfaction. Bad Infinity I was recently struck by a TV advert that seemed to capture the essential characteristics at the heart of this Ideology of Promise. The advert shows a well-dressed attractive man driving through empty sun-kissed streets in a generic city down-town. He stops for a short photo shoot in a sparse warehouse studio before he gets back in the car and drives on. This is underlaid by epic string-driven electronic, lens flare, and these words... "For me one of the best things about life is that we keep moving forward. I love that we're constantly evolving. We progress. Every day we discover exciting new technologies. Redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. Basically we choose what we want our future to look like...so what's yours going to be?" Yes I know, most car adverts are complete nonsense. But something about this one really grabbed me. The music, the aesthetic, the pacing, yes. The warm fuzzy feeling...Yes! The warm fuzzy feeling. On the surface this seems fine. It feels like it's delivering some comforting words of reassuring truth about the future. And yet, beneath that surface it's unsettling. It's not reassuring or comforting. It speaks to the heart of this ideology of promise. Bad infinity and unattainable satisfaction. The never-ending growth towards nothing. There is no foothold. Nothing to grab hold of. Anxiety and Empty Progression It pokes our fantasy. This life, this car along these streets, this aesthetic, freedom and attention. But it presents us with a utopia, which can't exist. The utopian future world, where the roads are empty, we are gliding through the streets in with silent ease, alone. The sunset glow gently through the window, as we gaze into the rear view mirror to see a perfectly sculpted face, flawless smile, and eyes that could melt a thousand suns. And these words reverberate around our isolated world... Keep moving forward. Constantly evolve and progress. Discover new technologies and redefine who you are. Choose what you want your future to look like. In other words, never stop progressing... Progressing towards what? Towards the ever present itch that can't be scratched. In the podcast Helen (and "I") discuss: 	The nature of lack and excess in our lives as subjective beings of language 	The positive side of our propensity as humans to excessively over-invest in things 	Utopia as the fantasy created by the shadow of our 'enemy' (and why belief in utopia sustains misery) 	The transcendental disappointment of success, and how we are sustained by the satisfaction of failure 	The holy matrimony of Productivity and Creativity under the eye of The Ideology of Promis...

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