Dear Amanda and list
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to remind everybody that "creativity",
in the sense that "we create artifacts", is merely a cultural bias or
misconception. Indeed we humans do not "create" anything. We simply indulge
in assemblages using various already existing elements...And therefore the
"art" becomes only the way those assemblages are done, a 'performative
knowledge' as you so rightly say. The "art" lies in the process: that can be
new or conventional, with new or conventional means, like robots, visuals,
etc.
Francois
Montreal
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Bill, Amanda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Patrick and list,
>
> This discussion is really interesting because it illustrates that
> 'creativity' is a type of performative knowledge that we recognize through
> the social category of 'art'. Shows how difficult it is to represent
> certain signs and practices - drawing - outside of the concepts 'art',
> 'artist', 'creativity'.
>
> Amanda
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