Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoCalgary Opera has removed bass-baritone Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega from future performances of "Tosca" after he unveiled a Palestinian flag during the curtain call on opening night.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down12
arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageCalgary Opera has removed bass-baritone Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega from future performances of "Tosca" after he unveiled a Palestinian flag during the curtain call on opening night.i.imgur.comRat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squarestepan@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·5 days agoArt is supposed to be political tho
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·5 days agoArt is supposed to make you feel something. That something can be political, but certainly doesn’t have to be. Unless this is one of those “literally everything is political” arguments, in which case the shit I took this morning is political too.
minus-squareRat_in_a_hat@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days ago in which case the shit I took this morning is political too. But was it art?
minus-squareOilyArena@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoNothing a human in society has ever done is unpolitical.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoMy shits are for the Republic! For democracy!
minus-squareOilyArena@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·4 days agoWhere do you shit? How is the sewage system constructed? Who owns it? Who operates it? What wages are they paid? Entirely unpolitical, yes?
Art is supposed to be political tho
Art is supposed to make you feel something. That something can be political, but certainly doesn’t have to be.
Unless this is one of those “literally everything is political” arguments, in which case the shit I took this morning is political too.
But was it art?
Nothing a human in society has ever done is unpolitical.
My shits are for the Republic! For democracy!
Where do you shit? How is the sewage system constructed? Who owns it? Who operates it? What wages are they paid? Entirely unpolitical, yes?