Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part [young, murphy, spornitz]

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"Daniel Young" <danielyoung@rcn.com>
     Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED CREATIVITY
murphy <murphy@thing.net>
     Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED CREATIVITY
Bill Spornitz <spornitz@mts.net>
     Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED

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From: "Daniel Young" <danielyoung@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED CREATIVITY
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:54:36 -0400

When I told NewZoid that " Timothy Druckrey Ridicules Eyebeam's Call For
Distributed Creativity," here are some of the headlines that it fetched from
parallel worlds:

Texas Conservative Group Ridicules Eyebeam's Call For Stunt
Egypt Swings Into Vegas For Distributed Creativity
Timothy Druckrey Attacks Seat Of Discontent
Pope Arrested For Distributed Creativity
Japan's Mt Fuji Recalls Big Boost For Distributed Creativity
Publisher Lyle Stuart Hits Party Insiders For Distributed Creativity
Hotel Orgy By Japanese May Be Ahead For Distributed Creativity
Guinea Bissau Ridicules Eyebeam's Call For Distributed Creativity
Timothy Druckrey Echoes Thatcher As He Pledges To Serve For Distributed
Creativity
Timothy Druckrey Hopes Championship Curse Lifts
Italy Ridicules Eyebeam's Call For Distributed Creativity
Cambodia Opposition Ridiculing Eyebeam's Call For Distributed Creativity
Timothy Druckrey Blamed For Chaos At Moscow Talks
Timothy Druckrey Mobilises Fresh Troops In India
US Agent Ridicule Eyebeam's Call For Distributed Creativity
Source Unclear For Distributed Creativity
Bodyguards Arrested For Distributed Creativity
Assailants Ridicule Eyebeam's Call For Their Clark Support
Timothy Druckrey Approaches Nova Scotia

Best Wishes,
Daniel Young

P.S. I tolerate nettime in my mailbox because I can't figure it out. And
once in a while it has something that makes sense. Since when is creativity
distributable - or even desirable in the individual, undistributed case?
Don't be fooled by the contemporary fascination with "creativity." It's a
dangerous, destructive force, rarely producing anything good. Far better to
cultivate harmonious work, sing old songs and watch the sun set from a quiet
vantage point. For most people the creation of one or two things in a
lifetime should be sufficient - and that includes creation by means of
sexual reproduction.

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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:33:56 -0400
From: murphy <murphy@thing.net>
Subject: Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED CREATIVITY

Seems to me that nettime is better suited to being a subject of the 
forum than a defined community participant. What Beth and Eyebeam may be 
looking for might be better represented by The Thing, which hosts the 
nettime mailinglist. There is an actual TT community that has being 
doing something like what I imagine they mean by "distributed 
creativity" for a long time now without much institutional interest. The 
issues described in the Eyebeam blurb for the forum are issues that are 
central to TT's mission. So why don't they just go to the source?

Robbin Murphy

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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:00:11 -0500
To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
From: Bill Spornitz <spornitz@mts.net>
Subject: Re: <nettime> Request to Nettime to be part of DISTRIBUTED

Umm... no, not artistic, kind of co/mp/nvulsive; not sure if you've 
defined *participate*, an email list is not something that 
participates in that which is other than itself; doesn't really 
matter what I think - that's because of the email list thing too...

b

>Hi Bill.  So, are you saying you'd like to see nettime participate 
>in this discussion, because that was basically what I was asking. 
>Or, is your response an artistic statement of some sort?  Please 
>advise. Thanks!
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