Slog - Comments on 'On Making Comedy in a Time of War' http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war That's the title of the short essay by the artists Stanya Kahn and Harry (Harriet) Dodge in last November's Modern Painters about their 25-minute video Can't Swallow It, Can't Spit It Out. I was bowled over by it in the Hammer Museum's show Eden's Edge, and for inexplicable reasons forgot to mention it in my column this week on LA. That's Kahn. Her character wears a Viking helmet and a green polkadotted dress, and carries a big foam Swiss cheese. Dodge is behind the camera. At the start of the video, Kahn appears to have suffered some kind of trauma--has... Copyright 2008 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:42:03 -0800 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe I wish I had a big foam Swiss cheese.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783715 Arts Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:20:45 -0800 Comment by Sean Do I have to go to a museum to see this video, or is it available online?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783771 Arts Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:33:08 -0800 Comment by Daniel Harr(iet)y Dodge used to be in Sister Spit, the spoken word group that came through Seattle a number of times in the late 90s/early oughts. She was amazing live.

She also made the movie By Hook or By Crook, which is available on Netflix last I checked.

]]> Daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/on_making_comedy_in_a_time_of_war#c783962 Arts Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:37:05 -0800