Haaning’s sound piece “Turkish Jokes” was originally played in a public square in Oslo, Norway. Haaning attached a loudspeaker to a light pole, and broadcasted jokes told by Turks in their native language. There is a large Turkish immigrant population Oslo, and any Turkish speaker walking through the square while the jokes were being played ostensibly would be able to understand what was being said, and laugh. If there were many Turkish immigrants in the square at the same time, the jokes could bring together those who can speak Turkish in a collective experience, for once excluding the city’s dominant Norwegian population. This work made visible the ethnic and social makeup of the city by revealing how language and heritage groups city dwellers. It also provides a sense of community for the Turkish speakers who can understand the jokes—a community of mutual understanding, where they are brought together by a trait that they all share.