Parapsychology

This digital exhibition was created as part of a UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab during the summer of 2024. It includes information on the history of parapsychology and spiritualism as well as an overview of themes and subjects within the Garrett Collection.

Website of 2021 exhibition of photographs by Shannon Taggart. For over twenty years American artist Shannon Taggart (born 1975) has documented Spiritualist practices and communities in the United States, England, and Europe. The resulting body of work, Séance, examines the relationship of Spiritualism to human celebrity, its connections to art, science, and technology, and its intrinsic bond with the medium of photography. This exhibition presents forty-seven haunting images from the series, revealing the emotional, psychological, and physical dimensions of Spiritualism in the 21st century.