Wow. We've now reached the final furlongs before The Fragmented Orchestra opens to the world and begins transmitting 24/7 across its network of nodes across the United Kingdom. In the past week, installations have been completed from SARC in Belfast to Gloucester Cathedral, Machynlleth's stunning CAT complex and the Everton stadium at Goodison Park. The setup at FACT has been underway in earnest (see below), with the space transformed into an immersive cocoon of chocolate brown. We're also achingly close to unrolling the web interface that will enable viewers worldwide to mix their own pieces using fragmented live sound from the 24 geographical locations...

The opening is on Thursday night, part of the D1NG << D0NG exhibition, running from now until late February 2009 — and, with luck, the website will launch simultaneously. In the meantime, some photographic documentation of this gargantuan voyage will suffice.