The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom — live event
Vanessa Kisuule is a big Michael Jackson fan. This fixation once gave her great joy, but now it keeps her up at night. In this talk, she explores the fall-out from that fandom and how, or if, we can hold people to account whilst loving them at the same time. Why do famous musicians mean so much to us? How does the pop culture machine both mirror and magnify the worst aspects of human nature? Why is it so hard to accept that the people we love, famous or not, are capable of doing terrible things? As debates rage on about abusive public figures, Kisuule asks not just if we should separate the art from the artist, but how this moral conundrum informs the way we shape our relationships, families and notions of social justice. This is both an ardent love letter to the music we love and an unflinching look at the costs of hero worship. Vanessa Kisuule is a writer, performer and facilitator based in Bristol. She has won over ten poetry slam titles and performed nationally and internationally.
Starts: 2025-12-02T18:30:00Z
Ends: 2025-12-02T20:30:00Z
Where: 25 Red Lion Street, England WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom
Price: $7.18