| Longplayer | |
|---|---|
| by Jem Finer | |
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| Genre | Experimental music |
| Form | Atonal |
| Performed | 1 January 2000 |
| Duration | 1,000 years |
Longplayer has been playing for
24 years, 9 months and 18 days.
Longplayer is a very long piece of music by British composer and musician Jem Finer which is composed to play for 1000 years without looping. It started to play at midnight on 1 January 2000, and if all goes as planned, it will continue without repetition until 31 December 2999.
Longplayer is not tied to any one form of technology and can be performed equally by computer or humans playing singing bowls and following a graphic score. There have also been several live performances and future performances continue to be planned. It began as an original commission by arts organisation Artangel and is currently maintained by the Longplayer Trust,[1] and is located in Trinity Buoy Wharf on the north bank of the River Thames.
- ^ Wallace, Helen. "Reaching into the future: Longplayer". Kings Place. Retrieved 8 March 2019.