TELEPHONE TOUR

Idea and technical direction: Ryan Holsopple / 31down.org

Curated by Lise Brenner

DATE & TIME: November 15-19, 2006 /24-7

LOCATION: Payphones throughout the Farm and vicinity

DESCRIPTION: A self-guided walk thorugh 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

Archived Elements

TELEPHONE TOUR: IMAGES & SOUND WORKS
(Play MP3s with sound controls under each image or click a title to open a new window.)

		Phone 1 KERKEORGAN GRAVEN KLOKKEN (1) Melissa Bliss (UK) Micro-soundscapes of Friesland (1:02 min)
		Phone 2 KERKEORGAN GRAVEN KLOKKEN (2) Melissa Bliss (UK) Micro-soundscapes of Friesland (1.03 min)
		Phone 3 KERKEORGAN GRAVEN KLOKKEN (3) Melissa Bliss (UK) Micro-soundscapes of Friesland (1.02 min)
		Phone 4 PIG (34 sec) Mike Hallenbeck (US)
		Phone 5 VAN DUYNE/DUNE (1:05 min) Renee Ridgway (NL)
		Phone 6 ROOSTER (33 sec) Mike Hallenbeck (US)
		Phone 7 BLACK LANDOWNERS IN MANHATTAN'S "LAND OF THE BLACKS" 1643-1661 a list of names of the first black landowners in Manhattan, read by Ebby Addo* (1:01 min) Saskia Janssen (NL)
		Phone 8 BEAVER GUILT (55 sec) Renee Ridgway (NL)
		Phone 9 COWJAM a meditation on the herd instinct (55 sec) Eddy Ficklin (US)
		Phone 10 HOUSE SLAVE/LULLABY voice/computer voice (56 sec) Steve Bull (US)
		Phone 11 WE GATHER TOGETHER Traditional Thanksgiving hymn derived from 16th cent. Dutch song (1:07 min) Jonathan Zalben (US)
		Phone 12 Out of Service
		Phone 13 VARKENDANS (1:07 min) Nienke Rooijakkers (NL)
		Phone 14 GIRL AND PIG (53 sec) Kaisu Koski (FI/NL)
		Phone 15 AFTER THE BEEP (memory) (1:10 min) Simon Fink (US)
		Phone 16 WAY GO LILY (excerpt of slave protest song) by Ebby Addo and Totty Telgt* (1:01 min) Saskia Janssen (NL)
		Phone 17 BATHING RITUAL (57 sec) Victoria Estok (US)
		Phone 18 I CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER THAN THIS (old Fries cradle song) (1:03 min) Hanneke de Feijter (NL)
		Phone 19 CHOIR REHEARSAL (59 sec) Kaisu Koski (FI/NL)
		Phone 20 Out of Service
		Phone 21 OFFICE OF P. STUYVESANT (16 sec) Simon Ferdinando (NL)
		Phone 22 DIVINING THE GHOST (1) Seismic and field recordings from St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (1:01 min) Mark Bain (NL)
		Phone 23 JUBA by Ebby Addo* (1:02 min ) Saskia Janssen (NL)
		Phone 24 DEER WHISPERER (54 sec) Kaisu Koski (FI/NL)
		Phone 25 LISTEN PAST Background sounds past and present (54 sec) Stefan Jacobs (US)
		Phone 26 IK KWEEKTE DE THEE IN NIEUW AMSTERDAM polyglot world (45 sec) Melissa Bliss (UK)
		Phone 27 FIELD SLAVE song and computer voice (59 sec) Steve Bull (US)
		Phone 28 DIVINING THE GHOST (2) Seismic and field recordings from St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (1:01 min) Mark Bain (NL)
		Phone 29 DIVINING THE GHOST (3) Seismic and field recordings from St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (1:01 min) Mark Bain (NL)
		Phone 30 DOUBLE DUTCH BUS (1:01 min) Renee Ridgway (NL)

*Taken from PETER STUYVESANT'S GHOST Songs Texts and Rhythms. Performed by Ebby Addo and Totty Telgt, produced in Amsterdam Oct. 2006 by S. Janssen.

Voicemail Messages

Walking Map

List of Artists and Phones

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

Victoria Estok
Bathing Ritual
PHONE 17

Hanneke de Feijter
I can't get any closer than this (Old Fries Cradle Song)
PHONE: 18

Eddy Ficklin
Cowjam
A brief meditation on the herd instinct
PHONE: 9

Simon Ferdinando
Office of P. Stuyvesant
PHONE: 21

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

Useful Information