Telephone Tour
DOWNLOAD the WALKING MAP [jpg, 932 KB], LIST OF ARTISTS & PHONES [pdf, 54 KB], and USEFUL INFO [pdf, 32 KB] for complete, up-to-date information.
Idea and technical direction: Ryan Holsopple /
31down.org
Curated by Lise Brenner
DATE & TIME: Ongoing, November 15–19, 2006
/ 24–7
LOCATION: Payphones throughout the Farm and
vicinity—see WALKING MAP
DESCRIPTION: A self-guided walk through the area
of Peter Stuyvesant's farm utilizing pay or
cellphones to access soundworks via an open-source telephony server.
The WALKING MAP indicates the specific pay phones from which to call into the server.
(You can also call from your cell phone at the same location.) After making a connection,
dial the message code provided for that particular site, thereby accessing a
one minute audio piece made in response to historical/topographical
information about 17th century Manhattan Island
TELEPHONE TOUR phone number: 212-202-0637
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[click on map for a larger image]
Telephone Artists
Mark Bain
Field recordings from St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery (aka Peg Leg Pete, divining the Ghost)
PHONES 22,28,29
Melissa Bliss
1) kerkorgaan / graven / klokken
church organ / graves / clock
Micro-soundscapes of Friesland
PHONES 1 / 2 / 3
2) Ik kweekte de tee in Nieuw Amsterdam
Useful phrases about agriculture
PHONE 26
Steve Bull
1) House Slave/Lullaby
Slave woman sings a lullaby to her mistress's baby
PHONE 10
2) Field Slave
Field slave sings West African chants while he hoes the Great Bouwerie
PHONE 27
Hanneke de Feijter
I can't get any closer than this (Old Fries Cradle Song)
PHONE: 18
Victoria Estok
Bathing Ritual
PHONE 17
Eddy Ficklin
Cowjam
A brief meditation on the herd instinct
PHONE: 9
Simon Fink
After the Beep
Electronic variations on a single note (memory)
PHONE: 15
Mike Hallenbeck
1) Pig
PHONE 4
2) Rooster
PHONE 6
Stefan Jacobs
Listen Past
All sounds including: New York City subway, fire, and blacksmith, were
recorded and edited by Stefan Jacobs
PHONE 25
Saskia Janssen
Songs: Ebby Addo and Totty Telgt
1) Way Go Lily
PHONE 16
2) Juba
PHONE 23
3) Landowners in Manhattans "Land of the Blacks" 1643-1664
PHONE 7
Kaisu Koski
1) Choir rehearsal
PHONE 19
2) Deer Whisperer
PHONE 24
2) Girl and Pig
PHONE 14
Renée Ridgway
1) Beaver Guilt/Van Duyne
PHONE 5
2) Double Dutch/Bus
PHONE 30
3) Dune
PHONE 8
Nienke Rooijakkers
Varkendans
PHONE 13
Jonathan Zalben
We Gather Together
16th cent. Dutch song
PHONE 11
