| Dec 15, 2020 |
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
| Dec 15, 2020 |
As 2020 draws to a close we wish you all the best for the new year ahead. 2020 was to have seen several events marking Longplayer’s first 20 years but due to the pandemic only The Longplayer Assembly took place. All conversations are online, details below. We hope that Sonic Ray and Longplayer Day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park will happen in 2021.
This year, for the first time, due to government restrictions, there will be no gathering on the 31st December at the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf to mark Longplayer’s new year. We invite people to listen to Longplayer at 12 noon GMT wherever they are. Please post any images, thoughts and wishes, with the hashtag #LP21. We look forward to a global decentralised celebration.
The lighthouse will be closed until further notice, please check the website for updates. You can still listen to Longplayer at any time, either through our live-stream on the website or offline through our iOS app.
The Buying Time Cabinet
Buying Time is a way in which you can support Longplayer, sponsoring a day of your choice. We are now inviting everyone who buys time to display an object of their choice in the Buying Time Cabinet, installed in the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf, where it will be part of the Longplayer Listening Post, open each weekend.
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.
If you already have a day in your name please send your selection, anything that will fit within a 5 centimetre cube, to Longplayer c/o Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JW. Or you may choose to leave your space in the Cabinet empty in which case we will mark it with your chosen date.
And if not, please consider sponsoring a day, for yourself or someone else. A wonderful gift if you are wondering what to give someone this Christmas. Longplayer relies on the generosity of its supporters to keep playing - if everyday were to be sponsored it would give Longplayer the money it needs for one year. And the cabinet would be full of wonders.
The Longplayer Assembly, online, everywhere
On the 26th September Artangel presented The Longplayer Assembly, in association with the London Review of Books, bringing together 24 distinct voices from around the world in an exchange of ideas about our times; past, present and future. The 12-hour long conversation was streamed live online and introduced by Ansuman Biswas.
The speakers were John Akomfrah, Naomi Alderman, Laurie Anderson, Rupert Beale, Holly Jean Buck, Meehan Crist, Brian Eno, Saul Griffith, Janna Levin, Precious Lunga, Vibeke Mascini, Mariana Mazzucato, Mulindwa Moses, Catalina Ortiz, Will Prentice, Alexander Rose, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jacqueline Springer, Amia Srinivasan, Helen Thompson, Eyal Weizman, Farhana Yamin and Theodore Zeldin
The Longplayer Assembly can be seen in its entirety here and here. If you prefer to watch individual conversations they can be found on Vimeo and YouTube.
Sonic Ray: Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse and Slice of Reality, 2021 dates t.b.c.
Sonic Ray, a new artwork by Jem Finer produced by Artangel, will transmit the sound of Longplayer, encoded in a beam of light, from Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse, across the Thames, to Richard Wilson’s Slice of Reality. Visitors will be able to visit both sites, more information soon.
We send you season’s greetings and wish you a healthy and happy 2021.
Longplayer
| Sep 22, 2020 |
The Longplayer Assembly, 26th September, 10.00 - 22.00 BST, online, everywhere
Artangel presents The Longplayer Assembly, in association with the London Review of Books, brings together 24 distinct voices from around the world in an exchange of ideas about our times; past, present and future. The 12-hour long conversation will be streamed live online and introduced by Ansuman Biswas.
The speakers are John Akomfrah, Naomi Alderman, Laurie Anderson, Rupert Beale, Holly Jean Buck, Meehan Crist, Brian Eno, Saul Griffith, Janna Levin, Precious Lunga, Vibeke Mascini, Mariana Mazzucato, Mulindwa Moses, Catalina Ortiz, Will Prentice, Alexander Rose, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jacqueline Springer, Amia Srinivasan, Helen Thompson, Eyal Weizman, Farhana Yamin and Theodore Zeldin
The Longplayer Assembly is free to view. More information and links to the live stream can be found here.
Sonic Ray: 30th October - 6th December 2020, Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse and Slice of Reality
Sonic Ray, a new artwork by Jem Finer, will transmit the sound of Longplayer, encoded in a beam of light, from Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse, across the Thames, to Richard Wilson’s Slice of Reality.
Visitors will be able to visit both sites, more information soon, in the meantime booking information can be found here.
We hope you’ll be able to join us,
Longplayer
The end of 2019 is nearly upon us and on midday of 31st December, Longplayer will complete its first two decades of continuous play.
To celebrate this great moment we invite you and your friends to join us at a special open house event at the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
31st December 2019 11.30am - 2.00pm
Drinks and refreshments will be served.
The Lighthouse
Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Place
London
E14 0JY
RSVP essential to oana@longplayer.org
Travel information can be found here.
Longplayer has been playing to the public for free since the turn of the millennium and has around 100,000 listeners a year from over 150 countries worldwide. It costs £36,500 each year — or £100 a day — to keep the music playing.
Buying Time is an opportunity for Longplayer Listeners to dedicate a date of personal significance in our calendar for £100, whilst supporting the costs to keep Longplayer playing to the world for that day. Your dedication will remain for an entire year, with the option to renew.
Buying Time makes a unique gift at Christmas. Once you have chosen your date, your dedication will be included on our website and you, or a loved one, will receive a signed copy of the Longplayer score for the date in the mail.
Find out more on the button below.
Longplayer is a continuous piece of music that repeats only after playing for 1000 years. Commissioned by Artangel and created by artist Jem Finer, Longplayer has been playing to the public for free since the turn of the millennium.
Longplayer has around 100,000 listeners a year from more than 150 countries. People visit our lighthouse location at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, temporary locations worldwide, and attend our unique events largely because Longplayer offers a counterpoint to short-term thinking as well as a lasting way to reflect on the long-term future.
On midday of 31st December 2019 Longplayer will begin its third decade of continuous play and we plan to celebrate this significant milestone with a series of events at regular intervals throughout the year. Subscribe now to keep up to date with all the exciting developments.
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