Help shape the future of Longplayer

We are inviting listeners to take part in a short survey to help understand what Longplayer means to its audience as well as to gather thoughts and inspiration for the activities of the Longplayer Trust over the coming years.

The survey should take no longer than five minutes to complete, and if you wish, you will be entered into a draw for a date of your choice in Longplayer’s Buying Time calendar. The winner will also receive a printed score for that date, signed by Jem Finer.

Responses will close at 5 pm GMT this Friday 18th February. 

Sonic Ray: last chance to book + limited edition prints

Sonic Ray ends 21 November | Own a Sonic Ray print and support the long term future of Longplayer

Limited edition Sonic Ray prints

There are a few Sonic Ray prints remaining. Each print measures 604 x 430mm and is numbered and signed on the back in a limited edition of 33. All proceeds of the print sales will go to the Longplayer Trust and support its work looking after Longplayer well into the future.

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Last chance to book

Sonic Ray closes next week on Sunday 21 November but there is still a chance to visit this one of a kind art experience.

Choose your starting point at either side of the river - at Trinity Buoy Wharf or at A Slice of Reality on the Greenwich Peninsula - tickets include entry to A Slice of Reality and the lighthouse and boat rides in both directions across the Thames. Visits last approximately 1.5 hours.

Full details including access information can be found at artangel.org.uk

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Support Longplayer

There are many ways to support the ongoing work of the Longplayer Trust: by following us on Instagram and Twitter, sharing information about our events or purchasing from our shop. You can also give a general donation, sponsor a bowl or support Longplayer annually through Buying Time.

The Longplayer Conversation with Denise Ferreira da Silva and Timothy Morton

Coming this Wednesday 27th October, in association with the British Library

This year’s Longplayer Conversation with Denise Ferreira da Silva and Timothy Morton will be live-streamed on the British Library website at 7.30 pm BST on Wednesday 27th October.

The event is free to join to all who register online via the British Library event page. All registrants will be sent a link that will enable them to watch live or at a convenient time up to 48 hours after the close of the event.

Viewers will be able to submit questions for the speakers throughout the Conversation through an online form and a selection will be put forward in a moderated Q&A.

Full details are below.

The Longplayer Conversation 2021

Online, presented in partnership with the British Library
27 October, 19:30 - 20:45 BST

The Longplayer Conversations began in 2005 as a way of celebrating the vision behind Longplayer’s long term aspirations. Each year we invite leading cultural thinkers to conduct a public conversation inspired by the philosophical premise of Longplayer, a project which unfolds, in real-time, over the course of a millennium.

This year’s edition brings together two of the most important thinkers and cultural activists of our age for what promises to be a fascinating conversation, informed by their profound engagement with ecology, race and social justice.

Through the lens of Longplayer, they discuss moving towards global equity in human and non-human relations and how the Black Lives Matter movement is key to a properly green and socially sustainable future.

This online event, free to attend, will be introduced by the Chair of the Longplayer Trust, Gareth Evans.

Support Longplayer

There are many ways to support the ongoing work of the Longplayer Trust: by following us on Instagram and Twitter, sharing information about our events or purchasing from our shop. You can also give a general donation, sponsor a bowl or support Longplayer annually through Buying Time.

Events this autumn and winter: SONIC RAY and the LONGPLAYER CONVERSATION

Sound becomes light in Jem Finer’s new artwork Sonic Ray, book your tickets now; and also announcing the 2021 Longplayer Conversation in partnership with the British Library.

A powerful beam of light projects the sound of Longplayer across the river Thames with Sonic Ray.

SONIC RAY
30 September 2021 – 21 November 2021
Trinity Buoy Wharf | Greenwich Peninsula
Book tickets

Originally scheduled for 2020 and postponed due to the pandemic, Sonic Ray was commissioned by Artangel to mark the 20th anniversary of Longplayer.

The unique art experience, taking place on both sides of the river, will illuminate London’s only lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf. There, the music of Longplayer will be encoded and transmitted as a powerful beam of green light and shone across the river Thames to Richard Wilson’s millennial sculpture Slice Of Reality.⁠⁠

Visitors can choose their starting point at either Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse in Docklands or at Slice of Reality on the Greenwich peninsula, travelling between the two locations on a short ride aboard a chartered riverboat – all part of the experience.

Sonic Ray is presented as part of the Totally Thames Festival 2021 and can only be viewed after dark.⁠ All timed viewing sessions will take place after sunset.

Announcing Denise Ferreira da Silva and Timothy Morton for the Longplayer Conversation 2021

THE LONGPLAYER CONVERSATION 2021
Online, presented in partnership with the British Library
27 October, 19:30 - 20:45
Booking is now open for British Library members, general release on 23 September

The Longplayer Conversations began in 2005 as a way of celebrating the vision behind Longplayer’s long term aspirations. Each year we invite leading cultural thinkers to conduct a public conversation inspired by the philosophical premise of Longplayer, a project which unfolds, in real-time, over the course of a millennium.

This year’s edition brings together two of the most important thinkers and cultural activists of our age for what promises to be a fascinating conversation, informed by their profound engagement with ecology, race and social justice.

Through the lens of Longplayer, they discuss moving towards global equity in human and non-human relations and how the Black Lives Matter movement is key to a properly green and socially sustainable future.

This online event, free to attend, will be introduced by the Chair of the Longplayer Trust, Gareth Evans. There will be a live Q&A with the speakers as part of the event.

Support Longplayer

There are many ways to support the ongoing work of the Longplayer Trust: by following us on Instagram and Twitter, sharing information about our events or purchasing from our shop. You can also give a general donation, sponsor a bowl or support Longplayer annually through Buying Time.

Buying Time Cabinet Correction

The recent mailing from Longplayer, Longplayer, 2021 contains an error:

Referring to Buying Time it says:

The Buying Time Cabinet takes the form of a calendar, with each day of the year represented by a 5 cubic centimetre space.

It should say:

The Buying Time Cabinet takes the form of a calendar, with each day of the year represented by a 5cm x 5cm x 5cm cubic space.  

Thank you,

Longplayer