Mila Panić, “Jokes”, stand-up comedy and discussion
27 September 2024, 19:30
BERLIN, STURM AND SLANG, ARCHIVE
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 Panic deems it important to examine its role particularly within the contemporary art context.
Humour 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 Panic uses humour 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.
Stand-up comedey will be followed by the conversation between Mila Panic and Adriana Tranca.
Free admission
Language: English
Duration: 30 min and discussion
Doors open at 19:00. Performance starts at 19:30.
Mila Panić is a Bosnian-born artist and stand-up comedian, based in Berlin. Her practice ranges from personalised documentation to highly poetic visual and discursive elements, from drawings to found footage, photographs and standup comedy.
Adriana Tranca is an independent curator, researcher and writer. She has founded CURRENTS, a festival that combines contemporary art with live electronic music. She was involved in organizing Speculative Properties, a protest exhibition against real estate speculation in Berlin-Kreuzberg that forced artists out of their studios.
Language: English
Duration: 30 min and discussion
Doors open at 19:00. Performance starts at 19:30.
Mila Panić is a Bosnian-born artist and stand-up comedian, based in Berlin. Her practice ranges from personalised documentation to highly poetic visual and discursive elements, from drawings to found footage, photographs and standup comedy.
Adriana Tranca is an independent curator, researcher and writer. She has founded CURRENTS, a festival that combines contemporary art with live electronic music. She was involved in organizing Speculative Properties, a protest exhibition against real estate speculation in Berlin-Kreuzberg that forced artists out of their studios.