Stephen Vitiello

The World

The Sounds of the World Trade Center

Arts, Culture & Media

Listen Stephen Vitiello is a composer and sound artist. In 1999, he worked in a studio on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center. For six months he recorded the noises of the building and its surroundings.

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