The immensity of the Universe, and our place in itYes, we humans are small on scales like this, but the fact that we even know about these scales broadens us. … Our curiosity and imagination have made us huge.
A reckoning for our species. Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are ‘above’ other beings.
Alex Blasdel, The Guardian, 2017
The Long Now Foundation and the 10,000 year clock. A clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every 100 years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium … for the next 10,000 years.
Organ2/ASLSP, (As Slow as Possible). A keyboard work written by John Cage in the mid-01980s. An organ is performing the piece, and the most recent klangzeit, tone change, happened in September 02020. The performance will last 639 years, ending in 02640.
