Symphony 0
for Jimbo Blachly Peer Gallery For 24 hours, one chord on an acoustic guitar.
After each strum, the sound is allowed to decay
until it is no longer audible. Then it is strummed
again. Certain unpredictable variables come very
slowly into play: the construction of the guitar,
the age of the strings, the humidity and temperature
of the room, the dynamics of the strums. The strums
punctuate time in the space. Conversations, silences,
passing buses, eating, drinking, and sleeping are
measured by the slow tolling of the guitar. The
gallery was open to visitors throughout the 24-hour
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