Presenter: Una Osato

This workshop will look at the ways in which humor has been (and needs to be) used as a tool for consciousness raising in the world. We will look at different forms of media, mainstream and underground, and laugh and examine how artists have used humor in their work for subversive means. From Commedia Dell'Arte to Dave Chappelle to our own homegrown performance artists, we will be looking at and exploring: "What’s so dam Funny about revolution?" I will draw on examples of my own performance art and share how I merge my politics and comedy. In this workshop we will also play improv comedy games (with a political focus) and together work on developing our own bits of subversive funny to disrupt and share with the world.