Conrad Guevara, Lindsay Tully, and Lana Williams form the collaborative practice of Bonanza. Courtesy of Bonanza / Photo: Colson Griffith PERFORMANCE
Conrad Guevara, Lindsay Tully, and Lana Williams form the collaborative practice of Bonanza. Courtesy of Bonanza / Photo: Colson Griffith PERFORMANCE
Performance
1150 25th St / McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
Sat. Jul 20 6:00PM to 7:30PM
07/20/2019 6:00pm 07/20/2019 7:30pm Bonanza: That’s Funny

Now in its fourth edition, That’s Funny invites artists and comedians to perform short sets of comedic material on a set designed by Bonanza as a celebration of comedy’s potential for posturing and resilience. With humor and satire informing much of the collective’s multi-disciplinary practice, That’s Funny began as an alternative to a traditional opening event for Bonanza’s dyke, ginger, Mexicanshow at Interface Gallery, Oakland in 2017. The collective has staged iterations of That’s Funny at the Walter McBean Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute and Gallery 16 in San Francisco.

That’s Funny is one of three events that examine the concept of performance as edition, curated by visual artist Jonn Herschend for What is an edition, anyway?. Encompassing literary, musical, and comedic practice, the events acknowledge performance’s implicit conundrum between poles of repetitive and unique actions. Original, limited-edition posters, designed by Herschend and THE THING Quarterly co-founder Will Rogan, are released at each event and installed in the gallery on the day of the performance.

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 1150 25th St America/New_York public

Bonanza: That’s Funny

Now in its fourth edition, That’s Funny invites artists and comedians to perform short sets of comedic material on a set designed by Bonanza as a celebration of comedy’s potential for posturing and resilience. With humor and satire informing much of the collective’s multi-disciplinary practice, That’s Funny began as an alternative to a traditional opening event for Bonanza’s dyke, ginger, Mexicanshow at Interface Gallery, Oakland in 2017. The collective has staged iterations of That’s Funny at the Walter McBean Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute and Gallery 16 in San Francisco.

That’s Funny is one of three events that examine the concept of performance as edition, curated by visual artist Jonn Herschend for What is an edition, anyway?. Encompassing literary, musical, and comedic practice, the events acknowledge performance’s implicit conundrum between poles of repetitive and unique actions. Original, limited-edition posters, designed by Herschend and THE THING Quarterly co-founder Will Rogan, are released at each event and installed in the gallery on the day of the performance.

Register