by Tim Girvin | May 27, 2007 | Diary
There are characters in Japanese aesthetics that most people know to the concept of objects that are beautifully aged, the character implicit in use, authentic decay, honored “wearing out”, rustic simplicity and things that are made better, richer, and...
by Tim Girvin | May 25, 2007 | Diary
The LongPlayer | London | UK We’ve all thought about music, sound and experience. I was thinking about it in the context of insect sounds. Being in Cambodia, I can recall insects there that were unworldly, in the metallic character of their trill. And how, in...
by Tim Girvin | May 25, 2007 | Diary
Every time I get back to the city — NYC — there’s invariably some kind of art full experience that is remarkable. That is, something has to be said about it. Some thing happens. I was walking in Chelsea, trying to check out a show of work by Andy...
by Tim Girvin | May 23, 2007 | Diary
NYC | 5.23 | 07 Andy Goldsworthy: When I can I’ve checked out the work of Andy Goldsworthy, with an ever-present attachment to his assembled observations. Wherever I can. In fact, I’ve studied his work since the beginning, decades before. Before he was a...
by Tim Girvin | May 22, 2007 | Diary
Madison Park | NYC. 5.22.07 11.23pm People have asked me about the occasional address that I close mails with — TSG | madison park | NYC. What’s that, they say? Are you in a park? Well, sometimes yes. Girvin | NYC is located on 26th + Broadway, just off...
