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All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.
It's interesting that we assign the label 'political' to art that doesn't just fit a mould of status quo. Is 'Downton Abbey' not political? That's political! Every piece of art offers a perspective on the world. And what is politics if not a perspective on the world? 'Downton Abbey' is about class. It's also about race.