Friday, April 4, 2008

What Drives the Unscripting of the Political Process?

In my opinion, the power of artists to unscript the political process comes from the artistic ability to insert their own vies into their artwork. In a normal news source, the opinion and bias is generally left out, enabling the viewer to input his/ her own morals and values to the situation. However, when the opinion of the artist is clearly expressed in the piece, it allows the viewer to see the message clearly. When considering my political advertisement as an example, I did not present the fact of Hillary’s campaign whatsoever. What I did was react, with my own opinion, to the media that I found and made a parody. A reasonably educated viewer can connect with the satire and realize that I was just inserting my opinion, not trying to present fact.
In class, we watched the Yes Men and were able to see their sincerity in their craft, but did not believe them to be anything but their opinions. To quote Randall Packer, ”The artist does not work in a vacuum.” The ability for an artist to use opinion and expression to look outside the box is what makes art, art, and what allows artists to use their work as a medium to unscript the political process.

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