Pieces from the installation were auctioned from $650 to $35,000 through a fine arts gallery to fund the deinstallation and future projects.
[7] And My Room Still Rocks Like a Boat on the Sea (Caruso's Dream)[10] is a public site-specific artwork joint production between Goggin and Dorka Keehn located at 55 Ninth St., San Francisco.
[5] It features 13 one-ton replica glass and steel pianos straddled onto the side of the apartment building,[5] 25 feet off the ground.
[7] For the project, Goggin and Keehn sourced material that were rooted in the neighborhood's industrial history.
[5] For the opening, Goggin planned a New Orleans-style parade in which 13 working pianos, 13 pianists, and 3 opera singers were wheeled from Defenestration to Caruso's Dream.
The sound of Caruso singing was broadcast on the KPH radio station on 90.9FM from Palace hotel, where it once was headquartered.
"[5] Goggin cites Federico Fellini as his principal influence,[2] along with Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo.
[6] Goggin was the designer and part owner of the Preserve24 restaurant in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.