On Saturday 12 September at London’s Roundhouse Jem Finer (of The Pogues) directs the firsxt ever live performance of a section of his epic work Longplayer.

It will consist of a 1,000 minute section from its 1,000 year duration. A tiny fragment from its great expanse, Longplayer Live will be played by a 26-strong all-star orchestra on a unique 20-metre wide instrument effectively a giant bronze age synthesizer, with highly resonant singing bowls for tone generators and humans for power.

Based on Jem Finer’s graphic score for 234 bowls and six players, the concert will start at 08.20 am this Saturday and finish the following morning at 01.00 am.

This year’s Artangel Longplayer Conversation takes place in the adjoining Roundhouse studio, an epic relay of one-to-one discussions inspired by the philosophical implications of long term thinking and related issues.

Jeanette Winterson will begin the 12-hour talking marathon featuring leading writers, filmmakers, scientists, academics and technology activists. These include Cory Doctorow, Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Fiennes, Daniel Glaser, Bonnie Greer, Mark Haddon, Susie Orbach, Robert Preston and David Toop.

Alchemy Content has been providing social media marketing for this unique event. For a special discount of a third off the ticket price, click this link to the Roundhouse and use promo code 144.

Also see:
Longplayer Live on Twitter
Official Longplayer Live Facebook Group

Social technologist Christian Payne aka Documentally and OurManInside will be covering the live event via various social media channels, which looks really exciting too.

Here’s more on this exceptional project and this week’s big live event in a short video.