24th October 2025
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Peter Kline will be presenting “Infinite Splendours: Psychoanalysis and the Sublime” as the 2025 David Binns Memorial Lecture.
Peter’s talk will trace the connections between art, spirituality and the insights of psychoanalysis, with a special focus on the Australian novel Infinite Splendours, written by Sophie Laguna, which tells a story of childhood trauma and visual art. Using Jean Laplanche’s psychoanalytic theory, Peter will explore how art comes from and transformatively restages the fundamental enigma that makes us human beings, our relation to disturbing otherness.
Event details
Thursday 6 November 2025
6:00-7:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
In-person and online attendance options
Venue: St Francis College, Lecture Room 1, 233 Milton Rd, Milton QLD
Register to attend in-person or onlineThe link for online participation will be sent to you after registration.