Art and problem solving

Might treating something as an art project sidestep political and personal issues?

> In my experience, the main obstacle to problem solving is an entrenched ideology. The great thing about making a movie or a piece of art is that that never comes into play. All the ideas are on the table. All the ideas and everything is open for discussion, and it turns out everybody succeeds by submitting to what the thing needs to be. Art, in my view, is a very elegant problem-solving model. – [Steven Soderbergh](http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/steven-soderbergh-state-of-cinema-address/)