Open AccessA Review of Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music Marathon
Author(s) -
Sean F. Edgecomb
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
partake
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2472-0860
DOI - 10.33011/partake.v1i2.381
Subject(s) - queer , dramaturgy , variety (cybernetics) , visitor pattern , popular music , choreography , art , electronic dance music , jazz , art history , fandom , visual arts , history , literature , sociology , dance , gender studies , computer science , artificial intelligence , programming language
This review considers Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music Marathon which took place at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York from October 8 to October 9, 2016. Using Jacques Derrida's theory of "l'avenir," best translated as the "unexpected visitor" I analyze a variety of the components found in the performance including, queer dramaturgy, song selection, choreography, audience participation and costumes. My critical review examines the concert which pulled liberally from the American songbook, using popular music from 1776 to 2016 in an attempt to collectively exorcise the specters of the patriarchy and exonerate the oppressed in what Mac deemed a “radical faerie ritual.”