This IS a Laughing Matter

“This IS a Laughing Matter” is a Leeds-based creative project that aims to reflect on and subvert the current living crisis and events of the last two years in a humorous, surreal, or non-sensical way.

I created a 10-minute piece of music composed entirely from samples of people laughing, and my collaborator simultaneously be produced a painting of a crooked politician to reflect the political climate of the UK currently. The intended use was for an exhibition about the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK.

Historically, humans have used humour to ease hardship as it functions as a complex coping mechanism for coping with anxiety and fear, motivating group cohesion, critique of perpetrators and fighting back and taking control. It is also a way we find solidarity with each other in dividing times.