The Red Book of C. G. Jung Programs

The Red Book Dialogues

In the spirit of RMA's exhibition The Red Book of C.G. Jung, personalities from many different walks of life will be paired on stage with a psychoanalyst and invited to respond to and interpret a folio from Jung's Red Book as a starting point for a wide-ranging conversation. The guests include composer John Adams, performance artist Marina Abramovic, director John Boorman, musician/artist David Byrne, actress Kathleen Chalfant, Zipcar entrepreneur Robin Chase, Smashing Pumpkins lead Billy Corgan, film director Jonathan Demme, director Andre Gregory, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik, author Andrew Harvey, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, documentarian Albert Maysles, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist of Doubt, John Patrick Shanley; poets Linda Gregg and Tracy K. Smith, painter Philip Taaffe, novelists Gloria Vanderbilt and Alice Walker, and philosopher Cornel West.

Video podcasts of selected Red Book Dialogues will be available on line shortly.

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• Members receive 10% off all programs and 25% off programs when purchasing six tickets or more to any combination of programs.

• To receive the 25% off, members must either call the Box Office or come to the museum and purchase their tickets at the front desk.

• Sold Out? Even if a program is sold out, Chairman's Circle members ($1,000 and higher) have the privilege of purchasing house seats as they become available. Inquire with the Box Office: 212.620.5000 x344
• Sold Out? Join the standby line two hours before the start of the program.

The series includes conversations with:

Watch video of the October 7 talk The Mandalas of C.G. Jung

Audio podcasts of most of the Red Book Dialogues will be posted on WNYC.org

WNYC is a media sponsor of The Red Book of C.G. Jung.
Promotional support provided by Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Programs presented in association with the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology.

Cabaret Cinema

This film series, which features classics every Friday night, will take its inspiration from Jungian themes during The Red Book exhibition. Check the CABARET CINEMA page for more details and the most recent updates!

Films featured include:

Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2004 (106 min)

Belle de Jour Luis Buñuel, U.S., 1967 (101 min)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany, 1972 (124 min)

Blue Velvet David Lynch, U.S., 1986 (120 min)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Rouben Mamoulian, U.S., 1931 (96 min)

The Face of Another Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1966 (124 min)

In a Lonely Place Nicholas Ray, U.S., 1950 (94 min)

J’accuse Abel Gance, France, 1919 (166 min)

Jacob’s Ladder Adrian Lyne, U.S., 1990 (115 min)

L’eclisse Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1962 (125 min)

Lilith Robert Rossen, U.S., 1964 (114 min)

Repulsion Roman Polanski, UK, 1965 (104 min)

Star Trek: The Enemy Within, 1966 (50 minutes)

The Tales of Hoffmann Powell/Pressburger, UK, 1951 (127 min)

Vampyr Carl Theodor Dreyer, France/Germany, 1932 (73 minutes)

Lunch Matters

The Wisdom of the Dream (1989)
A three-part series of films produced by PBS about the life and work of the great thinker and psychiatrist Carl Jung.

November 11
A Life of Dreams
November 18
The Wisdom of the Dream: The Inheritance of Dreams
November 25
The Wisdom of the Dream: A World of Dreams

Architecture of the Imagination (1994)
A five-part series of films by Mark Kidel focusing on the meaning
and symbolism of architecture, particularly in relation to the writings of Carl Jung.

December 2
The Door
December 9
The Bridge
December 16
The Window
December 23
The Staircase
December 30
The Tower

Special Performances

Jan. 24     6:00  Reflections Concert, $20

Jan. 25     7:00  Karen Finley Performance, $25

Associated Programs Held Outside of RMA

Friday, October 9 - 7:30 p.m.

The first public lecture on C. G. Jung's Red Book, Sonu Shamdasani, editor of the Red Book

New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street.

Tickets $20 to be purchased at the door.

Saturday, October 10 - 8:00 p.m.

C.G. Jung’s Dream Houses:The Architecture of the Human Psyche

Andreas Jung, architect, and a grandson of C.G., (and the current occupant of the Jung family residence) will present a talk on Jung's dreams, drawings, and Construction of his houses. This is the third Philip T. Zabriskie Memorial Lecture in Analytical Psychology

Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, New York University, 60 Washington Square South, New York. Free - no tickets or reservations required.