Episode 113: Framing the Invisible, with Shannon Taggart

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Shannon Taggart's book Seance is a landmark in art photography and the history of psychical research. Taggart spent years photographing practitioners of spiritualism in the U.S. and Europe in an effort to capture the mysteries of mediumship, ectoplasm, and spirit photography. In this episode, she joins JF and Phil for a conversation on the often-misunderstood tradition of spiritualism, the investigation of the paranormal, and the real magic of photography. If the technological medium is the message, then perhaps the spiritual medium is the messenger. Support us on Patreon: Find us on Discord Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack **REFERENCES *Shannon Taggart, Séance * Read the introduction to the book here Visual companion page for this episode Shannon and her work are featured in Peter Bebergal's excellent book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural Weird Studies, Episode 24 with Lionel Snell Lionel Snell, “The Charlatan and the Magus” George P. Hansen, The Trickster and the Paranormal Diane Arbus, American photographer Warner Herzog (dir.), Cave of Forgotten Dreams Jeffrey Mishlove, Interview with James Tunney on Francis Bacon Eva C, French medium Andrew Jackson Davis, American spiritualist Henry Alcott, American Theosophist For further reading on women, spiritualism, and the art of the invisible: Ann Braude, Radical Spirits Guggenheim, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future Special Guest: Shannon Taggart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
0:02.0	Welcome to Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel.
0:20.0	For more episodes or to support the podcast,
0:23.3	go to weirdstud J.F. Martell. Today we bring you our last episode for 2021. We'll be back to kick off
0:56.6	another season of Weird Studies in the new year on January 19th. This year was a special one,
1:03.1	from Ishmael Reeds Mumbo Jumbo to today's excursion into the world of spiritualism by way of
1:09.1	fateful encounters with the likes of Rodney Asher,
1:12.2	Gyrus, Tamler Summers, Connor Habib, and today's guest, Shannon Taggart.
1:16.8	It appears that we've gathered quite the colorful bouquet of singing roses to pluck an image
1:21.2	from the work of Arthur Mackin.
1:23.9	Looking over the archive, Susanna Clark, Oshou, Conan the Barbarian, it occurs to me that perhaps no one is quite a surprise by the twists and turns of our journey as Phil, Meredith, and I are.
1:35.5	We don't plan these things. It just kind of happen. We hope the surprises keep coming next year and that you'll come along for the ride.
1:43.8	Thank you, at any rate, for being with us now.
1:46.0	And a very special thanks to the members of our Discord and Reddit communities,
1:50.0	and of course to all our patrons on Patreon, the deepest, deepest thanks.
1:56.0	Your support is the show.
1:58.0	Well, maybe your support plus the music. You may have noticed that Weird Studies
2:03.5	is lucky to boast some of the best atmospheric tracks on the internet. All of it is composed,
2:09.0	arranged, and performed by my brother, the composer Pierre Riv Martel. Earlier this year,
2:14.4	Pierre Riv released Weird Studies, Music from the Podcast Volume 1.
2:18.6	It contains extended versions of some of the most memorable tracks he's written for the show.
2:23.6	The album is available in LP, CD, and MP3 formats on his bandcamp page.
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