absurd humor

absurd humor: a constellation of nonsense in Spain It is the exhibition that could be seen at the Dos de Mayo Art Center (CA2M) from Móstoles until June and that we can now tour virtually in this video. Collects a constellation of absurd humor stars who have used different languages (performance, comic, cine, novel, theater…) to make us laugh with nonsense, the nonsense and the absurd from everyday life. For many of us, At the summit of the absurd, the Móstoles empanadilla stands proud, an authentic icon of Spanish humor that was born from a sketch mythical of Tuesday and Thirteen, and that here has come to life thanks to the sculpture of Toni Hervás. But, they tell us, There are three godfathers who condense the essence of the absurd, so rooted in The Quijote and the picaresque novel: Goya, Gutierrez Solana y Ramon Gomez de la Serna, references of others who would come later such as Gila (from which the vignettes he published in Brother Wolf), Jardiel Poncela, The Quail, Dalí, Gloria Fuertes, Pepe Rubianes, Forges, Faemino and Tired, Gomaespuma, Lina Morgan, Chiquito de la Calzada (who has his shirt exposed in the exhibition), Chumi Chúmez, Dear Antonio o Joaquin Reyes. Reyes precisely appears in the video defining absurd humor, a humor that has to do with the grotesque, the unreal and the fantastic, and?, although it may be anchored in reality, always takes surprising paths. There is also room for absurd humor designed specifically for the Internet of Abandoned dog track; y, of course, for the most current graphic humor, represented by the figure of Flavita Banana. Convinced that absurd humor detached from all logic is the Nirvana of humor, He exhibits in the exhibition some originals that have been censored on his Instagram account because they are considered an apology for suicide.. Finally, The duo Hidrogenesse He has composed the music that gives rhythm to the exhibition and accompanies the visuals of Fito Conesa, a spaceship trip through the space of the absurd. S.M.