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'''Nettime''' is an internet mailing list that was founded in June [[1995]] during the second meeting of the [[Medien Zentral Kommittee]] as a part of the Club Berlin event at the [[Venice Biennale]], organised by [[Geert Lovink]], [[Pit Schultz]] and [[Nils Roeller]] [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9810/msg00142.html]. Since 1998, it has been moderated by Ted Byfield and Felix Stalder. | '''Nettime''' is an internet mailing list that was founded in June [[1995]] during the second meeting of the [[Medien Zentral Kommittee]] as a part of the Club Berlin event at the [[Venice Biennale]], organised by [[Geert Lovink]], [[Pit Schultz]] and [[Nils Roeller]] [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9810/msg00142.html]. Since 1998, it has been moderated by Ted Byfield and Felix Stalder. | ||
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After the Venice meeting, a mailing list was made (fall 2005) where the writings by nettime members were published [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9510/msg00000.html]. The list was meant to provide a space for a new form of critical discourse on and with the nets. For the meetings in Amsterdam, Madrid and Budapest, the postings to the mailing list were selected and xeroxed in 200 pages volumes entitled [[ZKP]]1, 2 and 3; this happened in January (at the [[Next 5 Minutes]] 2), June ([[Cyberconf]]5) and October ([[MetaForum]] 3) 1996. ZKP3.2.1 filtered the nettime postings all over again and was published in [[Ljubljana]] in November 1996. The list organized its own conference in Ljubljana in May 1997, called [[Beauty and the East]] (there ZKP4). ZKP5 was published by Autonomedia in February 1999. Additional Nettime meetings were held during events like [[HackIt]] (Amsterdam), the [[Chaos Communication Congress]] (Berlin), [[ISEA]], the [[Ars Electronica|Ars Electronica Festival]] (Linz), the [[MetaForum]] conference 95 (Budapest). [[The Hybrid Workspace]] drew heavily from Nettime during the Documenta X in Kassel. | After the Venice meeting, a mailing list was made (fall 2005) where the writings by nettime members were published [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9510/msg00000.html]. The list was meant to provide a space for a new form of critical discourse on and with the nets. For the meetings in Amsterdam, Madrid and Budapest, the postings to the mailing list were selected and xeroxed in 200 pages volumes entitled [[ZKP]]1, 2 and 3; this happened in January (at the [[Next 5 Minutes]] 2), June ([[Cyberconf]]5) and October ([[MetaForum]] 3) 1996. ZKP3.2.1 filtered the nettime postings all over again and was published in [[Ljubljana]] in November 1996. The list organized its own conference in Ljubljana in May 1997, called [[Beauty and the East]] (there ZKP4). ZKP5 was published by Autonomedia in February 1999. Additional Nettime meetings were held during events like [[HackIt]] (Amsterdam), the [[Chaos Communication Congress]] (Berlin), [[ISEA]], the [[Ars Electronica|Ars Electronica Festival]] (Linz), the [[MetaForum]] conference 95 (Budapest). [[The Hybrid Workspace]] drew heavily from Nettime during the Documenta X in Kassel. | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 30 August 2014
Nettime is an internet mailing list that was founded in June 1995 during the second meeting of the Medien Zentral Kommittee as a part of the Club Berlin event at the Venice Biennale, organised by Geert Lovink, Pit Schultz and Nils Roeller [1]. Since 1998, it has been moderated by Ted Byfield and Felix Stalder.
After the Venice meeting, a mailing list was made (fall 2005) where the writings by nettime members were published [2]. The list was meant to provide a space for a new form of critical discourse on and with the nets. For the meetings in Amsterdam, Madrid and Budapest, the postings to the mailing list were selected and xeroxed in 200 pages volumes entitled ZKP1, 2 and 3; this happened in January (at the Next 5 Minutes 2), June (Cyberconf5) and October (MetaForum 3) 1996. ZKP3.2.1 filtered the nettime postings all over again and was published in Ljubljana in November 1996. The list organized its own conference in Ljubljana in May 1997, called Beauty and the East (there ZKP4). ZKP5 was published by Autonomedia in February 1999. Additional Nettime meetings were held during events like HackIt (Amsterdam), the Chaos Communication Congress (Berlin), ISEA, the Ars Electronica Festival (Linz), the MetaForum conference 95 (Budapest). The Hybrid Workspace drew heavily from Nettime during the Documenta X in Kassel.
Often understood as a European "on-line" salon, Nettime was initially a pre-publishing platform for international critical thinkers. Originally a mainly English language mailing list, other lists have been created for other languages. Nettime has been recognized for building up the discourse of Netzkritik or net critique (then named net.criticism), providing a backdrop and context for the emergence of net.art and influencing critical net culture in general.
Venice meeting, 1995
"The net.time meeting was organized by Pit Schultz, Nils Röller, and Geert Lovink. Involved in the organization of Club Berlin were, among others, Mercedes Bunz, Daniel Pflumm, and Micz Flor. One of the curators was Klaus Biesenbach. On the participant list were David Garcia, Heath Bunting, David D’Heilly, Paolo Azuri, Claudia Cataldi, Vuk Cosic, Hans-Christian Dany, Camillo De Marco, Paul Garrin, Carlos Leite de Souza, Alessandro Ludovico, Siegfried Zielinski, Diana McCarty, Suzana Milevska, Roberto Paci Dalo, Katja Reinert, Gereon Schmitz, and Tommazo Tozzi. The email invitation and some of the correspondence related to the Venice meeting were posted on the nettime list a few years later for archival purposes. A one-hour radio program produced by Geert Lovink for the Dutch VPRO radio and containing interviews with Garrin, Dany, Cosic, Bunting, Schmitz, and Schultz can be found at [3]." (from Geert Lovink, Dark Fiber, p 110)
The name
"The name <net.time> was chosen by Pit Schultz, who, known for his critique of the space metaphor within electronic media, was drawn to the idea of a network-specific time as a possible common experience. 'The time of nettime is a social time, it is subjective and intensive, with condensation and extractions, segmented by social events like conferences and little meetings, and text gatherings for export into the paper world. Most people still like to read a text printed on wooden paper, more then transmitted via waves of light. Nettime is not the same time like geotime, or the time clocks go. Everyone who programs or often sits in front of a screen knows about the phenomena of being out of time, time on the net consists of different speeds, computers, humans, software, bandwidth, the only way to see a continuity of time on the net is to see it as a asynchronous network of synchronized time zones.' From the Archives: Introduction to nettime (draft by Pit Schultz for ZKP 3), nettime, April 8, 1998 (original from October 9, 1996)." (from Geert Lovink, Dark Fiber, p 110)
Publications
- ZKP1. Amsterdam, January 1996. EPUB, [4], [5]
- ZKP2. Madrid June 1996. [6], [7], [8], [9]
- ZKP3. Budapest, October 1996. [10], [11]
- ZKP3.2.1. Ljubljana, November 1996. [12]
- (ZKP4) Pit Schultz, Diana McCarty, Geert Lovink, Vuk Cosic (eds.), The Beauty and the East. Ljubljana, May 1997. [13]
- (ZKP5) Josephine Bosma, Pauline van Mourik Broekman, Ted Byfield, Matthew Fuller, Geert Lovink, Diana McCarty, Pit Schultz, Felix Stadler, McKenzie Wark, Faith Wilding (editors). README! Filtered by NETTIME: ASCII Culture and the Revenge of Knowledge. New York: Autonomedia, February 1999. 556 pages. ISBN: 1570270899. [14]
- (NKP6) Net.art Per Me. Catalogue of the Slovenian Pavillion. Venice Biennale 2001. [15]
