Listening Posts

In addition to listening to the live stream or the iOS app Longplayer can also be heard playing in public spaces around the world, some temporary, others more permanent.

Listening posts: UK

Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse

The original Longplayer installation, running since the 31st December 1999, is situated inside the 19th century lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf.

Opening Hours: open every Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 5pm (winter times, October – March inclusive, 11am – 4pm)

No booking necessary, but visitors are advised to check the News page for any last minute schedule changes.

There is unfortunately no step free access to the Lighthouse / Longplayer. The staircase leading up to the top of the Lighthouse is narrow, fairly steep and allows for a maximum of 6 visitors at a time. Free of charge, though donations are welcome.

Thanks to Urban Space Management, in particular Eric Reynolds, and to the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust for their continuing generous support of Longplayer and in making this listening post possible, through the funding of the bowl display and the lighthouse invigilators.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Official Website

LISTENING POSTS: EUROPE

La Casa Encendida, Madrid

Longplayer can be heard at its newest listening post at La Casa Encendida, a unique social and cultural centre in Madrid with an incredible public programme of exhibitions and workshops on cultural, social and environmental issues.

For information on how to visit, see here: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/exposiciones/longplayer-jem-finer

LISTENING POSTS: USA

San Francisco The Long Now Foundation Museum Fort Mason, San Francisco Official Website

INTERNATIONAL LISTENING POSTS: PAST AND PRESENT

Below is a map of every Longplayer listening post to have existed (historical and contemporary).