Part of the ‘Documentation Bank’ Collection, an extensive range of artists’ ‘Talking Heads’, documentation of key works, and a selection of Agency projects: http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/resources/collections/documentation-bank.

Part of the ‘Documentation Bank’ Collection, an extensive range of artists’ ‘Talking Heads’, documentation of key works, and a selection of Agency projects.

Introduces the collective’s work. See also booklet ‘Performance Video Intervention’ catalogued under P1537.

Publication contains 2-page event discussion and 2 stickers.

On the work of the culture jamming activist duo.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Brighton Festival 2011

This documentary features the politically engaged con artists known as the Yes Men, who stage elaborate hoaxes to expose corporate malfeasance using guerrilla tactics. Among the stunts are promises to pay restitution to local citizens while impersonating executives from corporations like Dow — whose explosion contaminated an Indian village — and BP. They also pose as representatives from Haliburton and introduce the SurvivaBall, an inflatable orb designed to withstand catastrophe.

Charts the history of this American culture war through detailed analysis of the work of artists who fought on the front lines, often finding themselves personally vilified.

An interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art.

This item is referenced in the Dreams for an Institution Guide (P2313).

A book-film – text with DVD. NOTE: text is in French, DVD in both English and French.