"an entryway crowded with brochures advertising the RMS Titanic's voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. A portrait of Captain Edward Smith in summer whites. Metallic foil pooling in the corners of the living room, now a replica of the ocean liner's Veranda Cafe. Gilt portholes from Amazon flash bioluminescent blue. Since March, Sarah Boll has been building (and living inside) her own Titanic-themed diorama - a life-size, if scaled to fit a Chinatown two-bedroom, two-bath rental."
"Boll, 38, a model and broker with Douglas Elliman, has watched the movie Titanic maybe 500 times. Over the years, she's produced a string of side projects orbiting the ship, from "weird, abstract paintings" to dense notes for a Titanic spinoff of Sleep No More (it involved a flooding escape room). The decision to turn her apartment into an immersive theme experience for an audience of one (and her Italian greyhound, Vito) was a natural, if outsize, expression of her fascination."
"Boll has found both admirers and disoriented critics on TikTok where she posts Titanic content daily: mini house tours; a fit-check soundtracked to "Can I Call You Rose?"; and behind-the-scenes of a photo shoot dressed as Titanic's chief baker, Charles Joughin, who was drunk on brandy and survived the wreckage. She films at night, with eerie blue lighting and orange wall sconces that flatter the apartment's scrappier build-outs. It's been an all-consuming labor of love - involving countless hours and a lot of double-sided tape."
Sarah Boll, a 38-year-old model and broker in Chinatown, converted her two-bedroom rental into a life-size Titanic-themed diorama she inhabits with her Italian greyhound, Vito. The apartment features Titanic memorabilia: brochures, a portrait of Captain Edward Smith, metallic foil Veranda Cafe build-outs, and bioluminescent portholes. Boll has watched the movie hundreds of times and produced related side projects, including paintings and a Sleep No More spinoff concept. She posts nightly Titanic-themed content on TikTok, filming in eerie blue lighting and orange sconces. The project has consumed her time, involved extensive DIY work, and drawn both admirers and critics.
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