num_pages: 112
description: An uninhibited guffaw or a nervous giggle, a derisive snicker or the malign “bwahahaa” of the comic strip villain--each form suggests that laughter has many sources of inspiration. This issue of Cabinet addresses the cultural history of laughter through a sparkling mix of essays, interviews and artist projects. Slavoj Zizek tells us what jokes can teach about Hegel; an interview with Simon Critchley shows philosophy's attempts to understand why laughter alters our understanding of the world; and a portfolio of artist-designed tickling machines commissioned for the issue provides us with joy of our own. The lustrous lineup of participants in the unthemed section Steve Rowell and the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), Daniel Heller-Roazen, Jesse Lerner, Paul Lukas, Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Margaret Wertheim and Robert Lang. Artists' projects Emily Jacir, Marco Maggi, Michael Rakowitz, Craig Kalpakjian and Robert Bowen.
language: English
title: Cabinet 17: Laughter
titlecomplete: Cabinet 17: Laughter
ratings_count: 3
series: Cabinet
publisher: Cabinet