When Greece was going through a brutal economic crisis fifteen years ago, one response to it was the emergence of the Greek Weird Wave: unsettling films built around absurd plots and bizarre humor. At the time, we witnessed films like Dogtooth; today, it feels as though we ourselves have become the protagonists of something similar. The world has taken a strange turn, and one response to this has been a shift in humour in audiovisual work, on social media, and in public space. Humour has embraced horror, and anxiety has become a new source of comfort. Even the fear of death has turned into a source of hope. What has happened to us – and are we even still alive? A brief guide to a world that has traded reason for madness.

Moderated by

Stanislav Biler

Writer, Sociologist, and Journalist