EXPERIENCE TELETTROFONO
A STATEN ISLAND WATERFRONT SOUNDWALK
This summer, discover the stories, sounds, and silences of a mythical mermaid on Staten Island with a new site-specific commission by sound artist Justin Bennett and poet Matthea Harvey. In a 90-minute audio walking tour along the waterfront, discover the true story of Antonio Meucci, the unacknowledged inventor of the first telephone (1871), and the hidden story of Meucci’s wife Esterre, who was rumored to be a mermaid who left the water for land due to her love for sound.

Telettrofono is the fourth edition of stillspotting nyc, a two-year multidisciplinary project that takes the Guggenheim’s Architecture and Urban Studies programming out into the streets of the city’s five boroughs. Learn more about past and future editions at stillspotting.guggenheim.org.

WHEN
Saturdays and Sundays, July 14–August 5, 12–7 pm. Last tour begins at 5 pm.

WHERE
Check-in at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Audio-guided soundwalk through St. George and New Brighton neighborhoods.

TICKETS
$12, $10 members, FREE children 12 and under. Includes map and iPod in exchange for a photo ID. Advance registration strongly recommended.
Purchase online at http://stillspotting.guggenheim.org/visit/staten-island.

BIKE TOUR
Visitors wishing to travel by bicycle to stillspotting nyc may take advantage of an additional free self-guided cycling program that highlights issues of silence and noise around the neighborhoods of Randall Manor, New Brighton, St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton, and Rosebank, and directs participants out to places such as the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and the Alice Austen House.

CREATE YOUR OWN STILLSPOT
Where do you find peace and stillness in the city? Plot your own place of quiet and respite on our interactive Google map for stillspotting nyc. Create your own stillspot and discover new ones throughout New York City, and the world at http://stillspotting.guggenheim.org/create-your-own.