There are scores of different interests operating in the art scene\/business. Politically engaged art is also in demand, albeit only as long as the \u201cmarket\u201d is not yet saturated. As demand increases, competition within the art field emerges. One\u2019s own artistic practice, even when its intention is political, runs the danger of being fetishized as a commodity. Here it becomes pertinent to ask: how one should act to prevent this, and how can one respond to the situation of competitive rivalry in one\u2019s own field of activity? Can one analyse this problematic by drawing on Critical Theory and what kind of role can the concept of the culture industry play here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"