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The Long Now
30 Hours Kraftwerk Berlin
Curated by Berno Odo Polzer, Laurens von Oswald and Harry Glass
The Long Now is a place for the continuing present. A space in which time itself can unfurl and senses of time can dilate into as yet uncharted patterns. With a duration of 30 hours, the project invites visitors to detach from the clocked pace of the urban present and indulge in the chronosphere of The Long Now. The Long Now is the closing event of MaerzMusik − Festival for Time Issues 2019. Embedded in the monumental setting of Kraftwerk Berlin, concerts, performances, electronic live-acts, sound and video installations form a large-scale composition in time and space. Embracing musical worlds from the musical avant-garde to experimental electronics, ambient and noise, this fifth edition of the event offers sonic and bodily experiences of an exceptional kind. Visitors are welcome to spend the entire duration in the powerplant, sleep over, or come and go. Beds will be provided.
Programme
Frederic Rzewski
The People United Will Never Be Defeated
36 Variations on “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ” for piano (1975)
Tonaliens
Werner Durand invented wind instruments
Robin Hayward microtonal tuba, tuning vine
Hilary Jeffery trombone
Anthea Caddy cello
Mazen Kerbaj
Walls Will Fall: The Trumpets Of Jericho
for very large trumpet ensemble
World premiere of the new version
Liping Ting
C. Time Meta
Sound video installation with live performances
Live Acts by Stine Janvin, Sofia Jernberg - singer, composer, Organic Dial and many others
Funded by the Capital Cultural Funds.
In cooperation with Berlin Atonal
With the support of Kraftwerk Berlin
Photo: © Berliner Festspiele, Camille Blake