The piece, lasting around five and a half hours, is divided into eleven sections. The fifth and ninth are quite short in duration (between 10 and 15 minutes), the eighth is long (between 75 and 80 minutes) the others average half an hour. It was designed to be performed, in whole or part, either as a solo piano recital or as an installation with video, slides and film. The eleven sections are printed in three volumes: Volume 1 contains sections 1 to 4, Volume 2 contains sections 5 to 8, and Volume 3 sections 9 to 11.
Duration c.320 minutes