Can you joke about everything?
Or more importantly; can it be helpful to joke about more things?
Can humor be used as a tool to talk about tough subjects?
There is often talk about who and what one can joke about, and they are important cultural conversations to have. But is there a way to use humor as a tool to talk about tough subjects?
In this seminar we will invite experts and artists who frequently or exclusively uses humor in their work when talking about dark moments in history or personal subjects.
In the panel:
Adrián Minkowicz - Stand-up comedian, Writer & Human Rights Lawyer
Anna Marie Simonsen - Theatre maker & Clown
Kjell Moberg - Theatre director, educator & educator
Kari Ramnefjell - Theatre director of Unge Viken Teater
Jonathan Ibsen - Dance artist
Moderated by:
Audun Krüger - Project Manager ASSITEJ Norway
Adrian Minkowicz is a versatile artist from Argentina, based in New York and Oslo. He is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedian, regularly performing at festivals, theaters, and clubs worldwide. His show about the colonization of the Americas, “Brown Privilege”, was selected for an international conference for outstanding young talents from Latin America at the University of Cambridge, where he was also a guest speaker. Adrian has worked as a writer and actor for the political satire program "Satiriks" on NRK1. As a performing artist, he is the co-founder of the theater and dance company "Human Works". He is also a playwright and has received the Norwegian State Artist Grant (Statens kunstnerstipend) twice as a dramaturg. In addition to his artistic career, Minkowicz holds a law degree and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Human Rights at the University of Oslo (UiO).
Anna Marie Simonsen is an award-winning, Norwegian theatre maker and clown. She graduated with a BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths University in 2019. She has toured her own work internationally since graduating, including Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Elysian Theatre (Los Angeles), Edinburgh Fringe, SOHO Theatre, Brighton Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Rogaland Teater (Stavanger), Nieu Scene (Oslo) and Old Fire Station (Oxford).
Kjell Moberg is a Norwegian theatre director, educator and theatre manager. Since 2001 he has led NIE (New International Encounter), where he received the Hedda Prize for best youth performance in 2017. Kjell has been the artistic director of Kloden teater and Scenekunst Østfold. In 2011 Moberg and NIE were awarded Assitej International's Award for Artistic Excellence for their artistic activities.
Kari Ramnefjell is the theatre director at Unge Viken Teater, Norways only institutional theatre that exclusively produces performing arts for children and young people. Throughout her entire professional life, Kari has worked with performing arts for young audiences, and has over 30 years of experience through her work as an actor, producer and general manager at Teater Joker, and now as theatre director at Unge Viken Teater.
Jonathan Ibsen is a dance artist based in Oslo, educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. He works as a performing artist, both as a choreographer and performer, and is currently presenting the piece Epiclogue, which premiered on January 17 at Bærum Kulturhus. As an artist, he is interested in exploring the contemporary body and its potential as a communicative instrument to confront, challenge, and foster dialogue. His work seeks to contextualize issues related to socially constructed norms and perceptions. Through his practice, he aims to create speculative spaces where the body can materialize more freely, striving to transform perceptions of reality and potentially discover new possibilities.
More information about who will participate in the panel will be updated in due time. Please be mindful that times and location may be subject to change.