Articles of ‘The Yes Men’

The Art of Hacking

The Art of Hacking

NIMk - Amsterdam
The Attitude of Hacking: More Than Just Cracking.
By Caridad Botella
“The Art of Hacking,” on exhibition at the Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst (NIMk) in Amsterdam, explores the artistic side of hacking, taken as an attitude instead of a crime. This mode of interfering with existing systems often generates negative reactions that make [...]



Occupying Corporate Hype: The Strategic Satire of The Yes Men

Occupying Corporate Hype: The Strategic Satire of The Yes Men

For over a decade, The Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) have been engaged in an extended campaign



The Paradox of Fake Revolutions

The Paradox of Fake Revolutions

Nowadays political art is a fashionable label, and many practices want to present themselves as such. Art becomes a space for protest, but at the same time any critical power that it may have is co-opted in a kind of protective environment where everything can be said, but where everything is tightly controlled.
By [...]