“Nelson manages to merge two seemingly disparate worlds: the hard
science of code and the creativity of fiction. The result is a
fantastic story rendered unusually real.”
—KQED Arts
Everywhere Man invites you to solve a modern mystery while riding San Francisco's historic cable cars.
Hear about a stranger haunting millions of tourist photographs taken around San Francisco.
Read about a man whose image quietly frustrates the fabric of the city's digital history.
Learn about the man whose anonymity remains unchallenged until he can no longer be ignored...
Download the Everywhere Man audio tour
Order the book and map from Invisible City
Read up on how to prepare for the tour
It was a year ago today we discovered the Everywhere Man.
Invisible City Audio Tours presents Everywhere Man, an immersive existential mystery experienced aboard San Francisco's historic cable cars.
He was always off to one side or another, a bit out of focus or partially obscured,
all but invisible in millions of photographs.
The journey starts in Union Square, crosses Nob Hill and Chinatown, and dives into the heart of Fisherman's Wharf to uncover the secrets of the Everywhere Man, a mysterious stranger haunting millions of tourists photos of San Francisco.
Not one of the photos captured his face.
Finish the tour amid the engines and gears of San Francisco's Cable Car Museum. Among the miles of cables running every direction beneath San Francisco, the identity of the Everywhere Man is revealed—along with the fate of those who seek him out.
Like breathing on a mirror to reveal a secret message, our simulator brought the
mysterious man to the fore.
Read more about the upcoming Everywhere Man tour and accompanying book, and see what others have to say:
- Invisible City's Everywhere Man Tour Home Page
- Tour Map (Google Maps)
- Jim Ott interviewed me on In A Word about Everywhere Man I discussed the origins of the story and how various influences came to bear on the final form of the book. I start speaking at 23:00. You can watch the episode here. (Available through February 2012.)
- Nicole McFeely's interview with me was excerpted on The Rumpus, including a bit where I discuss how one of my favorite books, Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust, influenced Everywhere Man.
- SFWeekly: Audio Tour to Find "Everywhere Man" Unfolds as Narrative Rather Than Sight-seeing Trip
- Everywhere Man makes an appearance on KQED's Art blog: "Who is Everywhere Man?"
- Check out part one and part two of my conversation with Nicole McFeely of Litseen about writing Everywhere Man and turning it into a tour of San Francisco's cable cars.
- Everywhere Man in the SF Examiner.
- Everywhere Man Opening announced at Litquake.org. Take the tour the afternoon of October 15th and join us that evening at Litcrawl!
- Lizzy Acker interviews me about the creative process and collaboration in putting together the audio tour, book, music, and artwork.
- Nicole Feely reviews the preview reading at Bird & Beckett as well as discusses Invisible City's goal to create "guidebooks comprised of stories that explore the essence of each city they engage and the patterns that connect them."
What was it like to be so visible and yet so unknown?
