The Yes Men and Recycled footage

The way that the yes men took the George Bush and WTO websites and spun them to make them express what they believe the organizations were really about was much like the way that someone takes old footage and re-contextualizes it. Actually all of their portrayals of the WTO are alot like the re-contextualized footage from things like T.V. sheriff and the trailbuddies. The main difference being they are not using actual footage, they are performing the actions of the a live presenter of facts and skewing them. Instead of the artists having to take what the presenter already performed and making it into something else. They cut out the middle man and make the performance what they would intend it to be. They become the presenter and create the performance.