lumbung calling: Humor

The second edition of lumbung calling focuses on the lumbung value of Humor. Often taken for granted, and therefore overlooked, humor is inherently strategic. It can even be turned into a method, a mechanism, a lifeline to survival—whether as a self-defense tool or a powerful weapon. Humor allows us to laugh; it also allows us to release tension and make our lives bearable. It enables us to forget, albeit for a fleeting moment, so we can move on, live on. It helps us to render the hopeless hopeful. Perhaps humor is an element that makes us different from automatons and machines?

Guests: Gridthiya Gaweewong, Co-founder of the Bangkok-based independent art organization Project 304 and Sourabh Phadke, mason and architect from India and lumbung artist

Hosts: Jumana Emil Abboud, lumbung artist and Mirwan Andan, member of ruangrupa

Language: English with translation into International Sign