Arthur Kill · Staten Island

Boat Graveyard
Listening spaces

Three imagined encounters with water, weather and the remains of ships. A soundscape study for an architectural proposal.

Tap play to listen. Headphones recommended.

01:00

Scene 1

Water beneath a boat-side gathering place. Passing footsteps, quiet conversation and glasses meet the distant sounds of the working shore.

01:30

Scene 2

Water moves around a weathered hull. Metal slowly strains, creaks and makes contact, while the shoreline recedes into the background.

01:30

Scene 3

Water swells and retreats inside an enclosed vessel. Its reverberation fills the chamber, accompanied by wind through openings and the hull's quiet creaks.