Longplayer

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Longplayer
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“Longplayer’s permanent home is in Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. There are also public listening posts around the world, and a continuous online audio stream. How to find Longplayer In 2003 Jem Finer began inviting artists and musicians to choose a 10 minute section from Longplayer’s past, and to…”
— longplayer.org
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National GeographicSep 14

The Time Traveler's Guide to London

The River Thames is the soul of England’s capital. Along its hallowed banks, it’s possible to glimpse the past lives and possible futures of one of the world’s most storied cities.

1,000-year musical composition started in 1999.

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Atlas ObscuraJul 15

’Tropfsteinmaschine, 1996-2496‘ in Hamburg, Germany

The Hamburger Kunsthalle houses almost 91,000 works of art. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer' (Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). However, among the various collections on display, one modest piece might easily pass unnoticed in the Contemporary Art section. In the basement of the 'Galerie der Gegenwart' (Gallery of Contemporary Art), a…

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