Longing Disco ever been left heartbroken, not knowing what to do next, and played a record over and over again?


The next Longing disco will take place at:

The Photographers Gallery  London

16-18 Ramilies St

W1F 7LW

Friday  11th  September 2015

7:30pm – 12:05am.

Free entry, booking essential

Take part here

In the Longing Disco, each song has a unique story to tell. Those taking part can anonymously request the song most connected to their personal stories that chronicle blissful courtships, tragic romances, unrequited loves, displacement, loss, hopes and dreams. You can also optionally send us an image of the record cover to help us locate your song or an image representing your story to display at the Disco. All submissions are treated anonymously and you can share your song with us even if you can’t attend the event. How to take part You are invited to make your own song submission and story confession to be played at the next Longing Disco Get in touch with requests before the event here with: • song title
 •   artist
 •   the story behind your song choice 

or you can Download a form and send your requests and optional image representing your story to 
•    Email longingdiscorequests@gmail.com
 •    Tweet @LongingDisco #longingdisco
    Tumblr http://longingdisco.tumblr.com/ •    Instagram https://instagram.com/longingdisco/

 All requests remain anonymous. Maximum of one song request per person before the event, though more can be requested on the night. Stories will become part of The Longing Archive, a repository for the ephemera of longing. 

You can also bring along your own records, CDs or MP3s on the night. We’ll have access to online music libraries and will do our best to find any lost songs.
 Examples from the project at Transition Gallery, 21 Feb 2015

Heroin, The Velvet Underground
"I listened to this every morning before setting off to college to face another day of A levels. I didn’t want to be there and I didn’t know anyone. Somehow this song got me through." "Music When the Lights Go Out”, The libertines- “ i listened to this all the time when i was working up the courage to break up with my first boyfriend. there's only a select group of songs that are narrated from the perspective of the person doing the breaking up, which can be just as emotionally-fraught a position. because there's still longing for the other person, even if you're about to dump him. or especially because you are. “ The Longing Disco is an imprint of The Longing Archive. By making a contribution to The Longing Disco you are consenting to the possible use of your contribution(s) to be published or exhibited by Nick Fox, either as an extract or in its entirety. The Longing Disco has been made possible with support from Arts Council England. More about the The Longing Archive A project started during Fox’s residency at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, in 2009, The Longing Archive is an ongoing art project that explores notions of longing through interaction with individuals, communities and sub-cultural groups. The archive operates as a depository for unwanted love letters, love tokens and their narratives. Examining the differing measures employed to communicate and encode the emotional spectrum of longing, and to explore its contemporary relevance to humanity, the archive provides a key to the symbolic codes of courtship, rejection, loss and desire. Longing, whether collective or individual, represents many things: inconsolable ache, disappointment, fear, distance, but it also represents the possibility of fulfillment, of hope, of love. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhZJZ4fhs_bnWZs1t0ZxXznxUcnvBSVVeH4dTgVUICQ/viewformLonging_Disco_files/Playlist_submission_request_WEBNEW_559c026ec2da4.docmailto:longingdiscorequests@gmail.com?subject=Longing%20Discohttp://bit.ly/1IGXfLFhttp://longingdisco.tumblr.comhttps://instagram.com/longingdisco/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5

The Longing Disco Record

A  limited edition spoken word vinyl record was produced that contains a sequential listing of all the 118 songs submitted for The Longing Disco held on the 1st February 2013 at Vane, Newcastle. Each song choice is coupled to the contributors’ personal story of longing, either recorded by the contributors themselves or in the case of written submissions, anonymously narrated.

This record celebrates the unequivocal power of music to evoke a cultural and personal longing that can unite us all.

Edition: 250

Recorded at: Vane (Newcastle) 2013

Click Here to Buy a copy of the record, priced at £25

Listen Below for free.

© 2013 Nick Fox All rights reserved. No part of this record may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Nick Fox. 

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Last dance at midnight. FREE, booking essential Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn’t have fallen in love with? Have you ever been left heartbroken, not knowing what to do next, and played a record over and over again?

 Your lovelorn record and lovesick stories can become part of Longing Disco, a unique live event staged by artist Nick Fox where you are invited to come along to anonymously share your tunes and unspoken stories of desire in an evening of music and dance inspired by the emotional spectrum of love and longing. By connecting through our personal stories of loss, Fox reminds us that longing can also be a profound driving force to create fulfilment and joy in our lives. The songs are played at the Disco, and the stories become part of The Longing Archive, a depositary for the ephemera of longing. http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/longingdisco.tumblr.comshapeimage_4_link_0



Longing Disco ever been left heartbroken, not knowing what to do next, and played a record over and over again?


The next Longing disco will take place at:

The Photographers Gallery  London

16-18 Ramilies St

W1F 7LW

Friday  11th  September 2015

7:30pm – 12:05am.

Free entry, booking essential

Take part here



 
 
 
 
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