About

Established in 2010 as a monthly experimental whatever event at Jogja National Museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Wok the Rock (Yes No Wave, Mes 56) & Timothy O’Donoghue (Oxen Free, Bus), Yes No Klub (YNK) now consists of a core group of contributors responsible for operations as required.

From 2018 to 2022 YNK co-managed Nusasonic, a project with the German cultural centre Goethe-Institut, Germany’s CTM Festival for Adventurous Music and Art, Singapore’s Playfreely / Blackkaji and Manila’s WSK Festival.

Through the project YNK organised a five-day, multi-venue festival in Yogyakarta in 2018 with participants from Southeast Asia and Europe, and a two-month residency in 2019 for Nadah El Shazly (Cairo) and Jessica Ekomane (Berlin). YNK also took part in events across both regions.

YNK has previously acted as an official host organisation in Indonesia for AsiaLink (Australia).

In 2020 YNK furthered its international network through a collaboration with HuruHara for the inclusion of four Indonesian artists in the AsiaTopa Festival in Melbourne, Australia.

During Covid YNK shifted its focus to the curation of content for external events, most notably ArtJog and the facilitation of a stage at Pestapora with artists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Japan and Uganda. YNK also participated virtually, on a number of occasions, in MUTEK Montréal, the Canadian festival of electronic music and digital creativity.

Post-covid YNK has returned to semi-regular programming with electronic event Yes No Disko, continued curation for both ArtJog and Pestapora and sporadic Yes No Klub gigs.