Jokes can be very powerful tools in reshaping the visitor’s perspectives on given topics, but also many often defend their speech against moral criticism by asserting that “it was meant as a joke.” At a time when cancel culture has made stand-up comedy a risky form of expression, Mila Panić deems it important to examine its role, particularly within the contemporary art context.
Humor is often used to critique, subvert, and change dominant cultural narratives. Yet the sound of active laughter is very rarely heard in the context of an art exhibition. Through visual art and stand-up comedy, Mila Panić uses humor to create liberating moments, laugh and engage with topics such as selective empathy, politics, war, displacement, or everyday situations. In her practice, stand-up comedy and visual art come from the same place - from a spectrum of irritation, anger, and madness, and what lies beneath all is fear. These elements became the basis for her to reshape visitors’ perspectives. Admission is free, registration is needed. The language of the performance is English.
Read more info about the performance on Pickle Bar's website.
Mila Panić is a Bosnian-born artist and stand-up comedian, based in Berlin. Her practice ranges from personalized documentation to highly poetic visual and discursive elements, from drawings to found footage, photographs, and stand-up comedy.
The workshop is a part of the Sturm and Slang program, which illuminates the various processes of adaptation, evolution, and hybridization–from slang to queer linguistics–amidst great geopolitical changes and cultural upheavals.
