The Yes Men + The Good Liars
The Yes Men
Armed with nothing but thrift store suits, the Yes Men impersonate big-time corporate criminals in order to draw attention to their crimes against humanity and the environment. Their outrageous satirical interventions at business events, on the internet, television, and in the streets form the basis of three award-winning feature documentaries, The Yes Men (2004), The Yes Men Fix the World (2009), and The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014), festival favorites in Toronto, Berlin, Sundance, SXSW and many others.
The Yes Men’s outrageous satirical interventions at business events, on the internet, television, and in the streets form the basis of three award-winning documentaries, “The Yes Men” (2004), “The Yes Men Fix the World” (2009), and “The Yes Men Are Revolting” (2014), festival favorites in Toronto, Berlin, Sundance, SXSW and others. Their work has been shown in the Whitney Biennial, Venice Biennale, ARS Electronica, and other art exhibitions. They are the recipients of numerous awards, including Creative Time's Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change, Grierson Documentary Award, Berlinale Panorama Audience Award, the United Nations Association Film Festival Grand Jury Award, Best Documentary Award at HBO Comedy Arts Festival, and the Audience Award at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. They are the authors of several books and many articles, and lecture internationally on art and social change. They are the founders of a nonprofit, the Yes Lab, which facilitates activist projects and the development of creative activism worldwide.
Founding member Jacques Servin (“Andy Bichlbaum”) has taught at Parsons School of Design and most recently was a visiting professor at NYU. In previous lives he was a computer games programmer and the author of two books of short fiction. He got his start as an activist when, as a programmer, he inserted a swarm of kissing boys in a video game (SimCopter) just before it shipped to stores; he found himself fired, momentarily famous, and hugely amused. Since then he's worked for Exxon, Dow, the WTO, Halliburton, Monsanto, and many other companies without their approval. He is the author of six books, including two award-winning collections of short stories, and many articles. His software art pieces have been featured in exhibitions throughout the world.
Founding member Igor Vamos (“Mike Bonanno”) is an internationally known media artist. He is an Associate Professor of Media Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is on the board of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and he directs RPI's Tactical Media Lab. He is a co-founder of RTmark and of the Barbie Liberation Organization, and is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world.
Learn more at theyesmen.org.
The Good Liars
The Good Liars are a political comedy duo—Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler—known for their media activism and their viral "person on the street" videos that skewer the powerful and bring attention to overlooked issues. Learn more at goodliars.com.