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What the hell is political about some random instrumental lofi track? To claim no art can be apolitical indicates either your field of view of art is massively

• giraffe_lady 4y ago
  Who has access to the instruments to make it and who doesn't? Who has had exposure to the musical forms it is based on? These things aren't universal or evenly distributed across the planet, why is that? There's the politics. I'm not claiming that all art has an explicit political position. Just that all art exists in a context that is impossible to perfectly separate from politics.
  • lostgame 4y ago
    This is what we call a 'tenuous' connection, rather than a direct connection. It is not a result of the intention behind the art, which is the message. 'Run the Jewels' is objectively political music. 'Pussy Riot' is political music. The tunes on the LoFi girl channel are as apolitical as it can be. Lounge Jazz? Like...there are so, so many examples. I seriously got a chuckle from your comment, though - made my day tbh. :)
  • dahfizz 4y ago
    > I'm not claiming that all art has an explicit political position. Just that all art exists in a context that is impossible to perfectly separate from politics. You could say the same thing about anything. Every single piece of art is about oxygen. The artist had to breathe while creating the art; it's impossible to separate the art from the oxygen that enabled it. All art is oxygenated. It's a pointless and un-insightful comment to make. Just because you can draw a tenuous connection between a peice of art and politics doesn't make the art about politics, and more than the art is about oxygen.