The Longplayer Trust, established in 2000 to look after and support the extraordinary 1000-year-long artwork Longplayer, is looking for a new Chair to lead the organisation and its Board of Trustees into the next quarter century. With ambitious programming and strategic planning already in process for Longplayer’s 25th anniversary in 2025, Longplayer’s new Chair will…
Our April Long Afternoon in the lighthouse featured a talk with Iain Sinclair. The lighthouse was open to visitors, with a young persons activity table, from 1:30-3pm, and Iain Sinclair’s talk, ‘Gifts of the River Returning’ took place at 3:30pm. Iain’s talk reflected on the legacies of work undertaken in the area, and his nocturnal…
On the 29th February 2024 Longplayer Trustee Gavin Starks presented a talk and discussion on the topic “how can a piece of music help us think about the next 1000 years ?” You can watch it here. Context: Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli is Lord Mayor of the City of London from 10 November 2023 until 10 November…
The live stream is now back online. As we cannot guarantee its reliability you may find a better alternative, if you are an iOS user, is to download the app. The app literally performs Longplayer without any need for an internet connection. And if you want to turn a space into a listening post, to…
Our Longplayer Long Afternoon on 26th November 2023 featured a performance from renowned musician, Supriya Nagarajan. Supriya Nagarajan has a unique voice in the British music scene and creates concept driven immersive music productions that push boundaries and encourage thought. Her music is a blend of her South Indian classical traditions and Western contemporary styles…