Listen "Episode 122: Comic Release with Sean Grattan"
Episode Synopsis
"If I didn't laugh, I'd cry."
Comic Release is a three-part podcast series hosted by artist Joe Jowitt which explores the use of humour in artists' moving image.
In this conversation, Joe meets Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-born, Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Sean Grattan, whose debut feature film, Policy Wonks, explores the clash of liberal ideologies through an absurd intersection of "money, guns and yoga." Joe and Sean discuss using slogans as dialogue, working with clichés, and deprogramming problematic humour from one's own cultural upbringing.
Comic Release is a three-part podcast series hosted by artist Joe Jowitt which explores the use of humour in artists' moving image.
In this conversation, Joe meets Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-born, Los Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Sean Grattan, whose debut feature film, Policy Wonks, explores the clash of liberal ideologies through an absurd intersection of "money, guns and yoga." Joe and Sean discuss using slogans as dialogue, working with clichés, and deprogramming problematic humour from one's own cultural upbringing.
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