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= Background, related efforts =
== Background, related efforts ==
* [http://longplayer.org/ Longplayer] is a one thousand year long musical composition  conceived and composed by Jem Finer. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December 1999 at the Lighthouse in [http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/ Trinity Buoy Wharf, London], and intends to continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it hopes to complete its cycle and begin again.
* [http://longplayer.org/ Longplayer] is a one thousand year long musical composition  conceived and composed by Jem Finer. It began playing at midnight on the 31st of December 1999 at the Lighthouse in [http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/ Trinity Buoy Wharf, London], and intends to continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it hopes to complete its cycle and begin again.
* John Cage planned his composition [http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/ ORGAN2/ASLSP] (as slow as possible) to last 639 years. A performance in  Halberstadt Germany was begun in 2001.  
* John Cage planned his composition [http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/ ORGAN2/ASLSP] (as slow as possible) to last 639 years. A performance in  Halberstadt Germany was begun in 2001.  

Revision as of 17:52, 15 December 2016

The Letters of Utrecht and the Milliongenerations:Letters project are intended as a monument to the future, but are local. Can we think of monuments with greater reach?

Composition

Ruud H. proposed an endless composition that could be created and performed by many, passed on like a baton and streamed over the internet.





Background, related efforts