Michael Jackson birthday party sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin with karaoke, videos and an illustrated talk by Shannon Taggart on “the curious afterlife of Michael Jackson”
Date: Friday, August 29
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $20 ( Tickets Here )
Location: The Morbid Anatomy Museum (424A Third Ave, Brooklyn)
Presented by Morbid Anatomy

Please join us to celebrate the birthday of Michael Jackson with a very special night of drinks, music videos, and karaoke sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin and featuring a talk by Shannon Taggart on “the curious afterlife of Michael Jackson.”

Taggart began to contemplate the curious life and afterlife of Michael Jackson after photographing a number of Spiritualist mediums who reported channeling the spirit of the King of Pop. Her presentation will consider Michael’s ambiguous dead/alive status and explore him as the ultimate liminal figure, one who blurs a number of binary oppositions. Materials drawn from popular culture will be used to demonstrate his status as a contemporary mythical figure and reveal his clear parallels with the gods, saints and shamans of the past.

Shannon Taggart is a photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her photographs have been exhibited and featured internationally including the publications TIME, the New York Times Magazine and Newsweek. She is a programmer in residence at the Morbid Anatomy Museum.