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As Tick turns to Tock: Criticism in our time
In the first of a series of articles about critical writing, Tim Birch explores the idea of making and taking time to write now. If you would like to comment on any aspect of this article please email interface@a-n.co.uk
If you have ever used, read or heard the familiar phrase ‘time will tell’ then take stock: time is telling. Time has fast become the 21st century critic’s most precious resource. In today’s allegedly 24-7 lifestyle, it can easily feel like every second counts. Via computers or handheld devices, the temptation to succumb to writing even one-liners (Twitter) on art is now omnipresent. Yet do critics have a compelling something to say every minute of every day? Of course not, much the same as people in all walks of life, going by the boorish Twitter phenomenon. This is why online developments must be embraced with tact, while some of the teachings of traditional print media must remain sacred: fact checking; the objective balance provided by an editorial team; the time allowed for writing, re-writing, reading; and the right to reply, among other conventions. The rate of time – a world seemingly speeding up since the millennium – is a key foothold for this article. As far as my overflowing inboxes with their scores of unopened emails testify, the various overlapping art worlds – commercial or artful;...
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