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INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS Video installation, 2004 Humor and its role in society are the essence of the video installation Rhythmic, Vocalized, Expiratory and Involuntary Actions. The work is composed of a video and slide projection. The video projection presents a series of videos, Jokes Told by., which show people from various parts of the world telling jokes typical of their culture, while the slide projection presents images of people from different parts of the world laughing as they practice Laughter Yoga. The installation exposes the collective conscience, elements of xenophobia, and prejudice. The jokes that characterize a particular environment offer insight into society by exposing its stereotypes and clichés. They have a relaxing effect on people, but they also provide an excellent seismograph of the social conditions. Laughter Yoga is a therapy that aims to cultivate the spirit of laughter. In Laughter Yoga people laugh without any reason. Numerous Laughter Yoga clubs have spread throughout the world since the 1990s, when the first club was founded in India . The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek once said that, on every level of our lives, we seem to be living more and more with the thing deprived of its substance: you get beer without alcohol, meat without fat, coffee without caffeine, and even virtual sex without sex. The videos presented in the installation are: - Jokes told by Ajdin from Sarajevo (Video, 16.09 min, 2004) - Jokes told by Dan from London (Video, 13.43 min, 2004) - Jokes told by Francesco from Rome (Video, 11.25 min, 2004) - Jokes told by Nagisa from Okayama (Video, 8.47 min, 2004) - Jokes told by Ophir from Tel Aviv (Video, 10.40 min, 2004)
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