BREMEN.- With the exhibition “Privateers of Utopia,” the Weserburg is presenting thought-provoking impulses by artists with regard to the possibility of changing the world and society. The worldwide economic crisis has vividly demonstrated how dangerous it is when politics places the structuring of society in the hands of the economy. But what is the role of art in this context? What possibilities does it have for exercising an influence? “Art doesn’t liberate us from anything”—Bruce Nauman’s sober assessment focuses in a special manner on the seeming impotence of art vis-à-vis the supposedly more powerful forces of politics and the economy. On the other hand, Carsten Ahrens, the director of the Weserburg, formulates the thematic core of the exhibition differently: “It is the arts—the visual arts, theater, literature, film, dance and music—which keep awake as a living dream the vision of