David Marchese

It's entirely possible that they were wearing masks for apprehensiveness about legal reprisals.

You know, this is a question I don't know that I would have asked before November 5th and Donald Trump's election. But, you know, you cut your teeth as an artist in the mid-'80s, late-'80s, working with Derek Jarman, sort of making avant-garde queer cinema that he directed. Yeah.

You know, this is a question I don't know that I would have asked before November 5th and Donald Trump's election. But, you know, you cut your teeth as an artist in the mid-'80s, late-'80s, working with Derek Jarman, sort of making avant-garde queer cinema that he directed. Yeah.

And this, of course, is happening, you know, in the middle of Margaret Thatcher's England, an extremely conservative time in that country's history. And is there anything that you learned about being an artist in that cultural and political atmosphere that perhaps feels useful to you in this moment when right-wing politics and right-wing sentiment are again dominant?

And this, of course, is happening, you know, in the middle of Margaret Thatcher's England, an extremely conservative time in that country's history. And is there anything that you learned about being an artist in that cultural and political atmosphere that perhaps feels useful to you in this moment when right-wing politics and right-wing sentiment are again dominant?

But my question is, in my mind, more about the potential efficacy and utility of art when it comes to protest and in moving people's politics. How much of an effect do you think art can have in that regard?

But my question is, in my mind, more about the potential efficacy and utility of art when it comes to protest and in moving people's politics. How much of an effect do you think art can have in that regard?

I think, you know, there are feelings I have, and to see them reflected in the art or even tested against the art tempers them with a flame, sort of. You know, I sort of... walk away with the feelings and ideas more deeply held often. Yeah.

I think, you know, there are feelings I have, and to see them reflected in the art or even tested against the art tempers them with a flame, sort of. You know, I sort of... walk away with the feelings and ideas more deeply held often. Yeah.

For me, and I know this is not the question you asked, but I've become much more skeptical over time that film or music or literature can do more than galvanize, that they can actually change feeling or precipitate a political feeling or idea that was not held in the person before. And what's your response to that? I...

For me, and I know this is not the question you asked, but I've become much more skeptical over time that film or music or literature can do more than galvanize, that they can actually change feeling or precipitate a political feeling or idea that was not held in the person before. And what's your response to that? I...

Slow motion car crash.

Slow motion car crash.

With fountain Diet Coke.

With fountain Diet Coke.

I don't mean to belabor this. It's just one thing I want to add to the politics and art conversation. And I realize I'm probably just a grouch about this now at this point, but I used to really feel like consuming art was sufficient when it came to forming a political identity and political engagement. And I just think over time, I think, well, gosh, I should have spent

I don't mean to belabor this. It's just one thing I want to add to the politics and art conversation. And I realize I'm probably just a grouch about this now at this point, but I used to really feel like consuming art was sufficient when it came to forming a political identity and political engagement. And I just think over time, I think, well, gosh, I should have spent

a lot more time and energy out in the street and less time and energy in the theater or with headphones on. I realize I'm rambling now, but these are just things that I've been thinking about.

a lot more time and energy out in the street and less time and energy in the theater or with headphones on. I realize I'm rambling now, but these are just things that I've been thinking about.

The life came first.