The Biotic Cooking Brigade
"What do Bill Gates, Milton Freidman, William F. Buckley, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Sylvester Stallone, Canadian Premier Jean Chretien, Swedish King Carl Gustaf, Ronald McDonald, Timothy Leary, Eldridge Cleaver, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, World Trade Organization Director Renato Ruggiero and Andy Warhol have in common?
They've all been pied by the Biotic Baking Brigade or its cohorts around the world. The fine art of landing a freshly-baked delicacy in the face of the reactionary, pompous, and otherwise deserving has a long and venerable tradition. As a way of highlighting a particular cause, gaining often spectacular media attention, or merely bringing the lofty down a crust or two, there is nothing quite so fine as a cream pie.
This anthology cooks up an intoxicating mélanges of history, analysis, tactics, and recipes for this most edible of the political direct action techniques.
Tips from experienced pie-ers on the best ways to slip into a shareholders meeting unobserved—ammunition in hand—and on blending deliciously tried and tested recipes of delectable vegan pastries (perfect for launching, or dining upon). Generously sprinkled with some of the punchiest, wittiest communiqués explaining just why those responsible for environmental destruction might be in line for their just desserts and the theory behind why pie-ing—why now.
"The BBB is a movement that actually moves—a network of political pranksters who literally practice in-your-face politics. They target assorted greedheads, hitting them right in the smacker...with pies! But it is worthy work. The BBB's pies are the Boston Tea Party of our modern day, sending a serious message to the corporate oligarchy." —Jim Hightower
"It's an assault on public officials. It's an assault on government. It should not be condoned." —Michael Yaki, San Francisco Supervisor
"Is well placed humor one of the best protest tactics there is? The proof is in the pudding! Or should I say—pie cream." —Jello Biafra". Exerpt from the AK press ordering page of the book titled Pie Any Mean Necessary.
YOMANGO
MANGO is a popular brand in europe, yo mango is spanish slang for "I steal" and YOMANGO is a movement that considers shoplifting as a social commentary. One of their intervention was to steal clothes and to have a fashion show with those back at the store.
At the bottom of all of their website's pages is a notice:
"ATENCIÓN, ADVERTENCIA: Si te fijas con atención y miras los contenidos de esta página verás que YOMANGO no va de robar, ni es apología de ningún delito y ni siquiera trata de mangar nada, YOMANGO visibiliza una realidad muy concreta: la gente manga, e intenta entender porqué. Algunas hipótesis ya han empezado a aparcer: la precariedad en la que la mayoría de las personas hoy nos encontramos sería una de ella, otra sin duda, son las políticas abusivas de las multinacionales que gobiernan el mercado y el mundo, por eso desde YOMANGO decimos: YOMANGO NO ES ROBO, LA PROPIEDAD ES EL ROBO."
ATTENTION, CAUTION: If you pay close attention to the content of this page you will see that YOMANGO is not going to steal, nor does it apologize for any offence and it is not even looking for things to steal. Yomango is making something very concrete visible: people steal and we try to understand why.
Few hypothesis emerged and one stood up: the precarity in which the majority of people we meet is, is caused without doubt, by the abusive politic of the multinationals governing the market and the world. Therefore YOMANGO says YOMANGO IS NOT STEALING, PROPERTY IS STEALING.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Interventionists... here they come.
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