Carol Ann FlyzikW 53rd St between 7th Ave and BroadwayHeart Three · Location 230 · Drawn March 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Video podcast0:00The location for this drawing was made on the north east corner of 7th Avenue and West 53rd Street.0:07This corner always had a lot of potential.0:09It's changed a lot over the last couple of years.0:11It's gone from being an open space to hanging out to being a makeshift flea market.0:16And as spring 2006 has been fused with a French theme,0:22this outdoor space, which was open 24 hours a day, is now officially open 24 hours a day0:27with the coming of a French eatery,0:29declares itself as 24-7 Maison.0:33It's a bar and cafe where you can get0:35le breakfast, lunch, and dinner.0:39The surface the drawing was done on0:41is dark gray bricks0:43beneath a planter with fake plants in it.0:47Now the surface has a planter with real plants in it0:50and a sign covering it0:52offering crepes served with mixed greens.0:56This is Carol Ann Flyzik. She was drawn in March of 2003. Her drawing is counting six people.1:06We are doing the best we can to represent everyone as a unique individual and as accurate an approximation as possible of how they would appear.1:17For all who passed away at the World Trade Center, we have carried a photograph.1:20When we saddle up to a wall, we draw with the references of biographies and photographs1:27cross-hatched from various websites.1:29It has been an overwhelming experience to attempt to create people who we have never1:33met, to imagine them in their lives and standing before us.1:38So here I am, drawing Carol Ann Flyzik to the best of my abilities.1:43The environment in this case is unrushed and I concentrate on what I know.1:47Being given the luxury to really focus on this woman and the ten people she is1:52counting makes me painfully aware that every time I draw one of her fingers I'm1:57drawing a life. This process takes its toll on my happiness. One of the reasons2:03this project has taken as long as it has is because every once in a while I have2:08to stop, regain a center, not think about it so I can do better when I return.2:13turn. There's nothing light about what we're doing. A Christmas present of her own. Two tickets to a2:20Celtics game. We had so much fun, she recalled. It was quality time that we never had together before.2:26She considered the empty chair where her stepmom used to sit and watch television.2:30I guess you don't know what you have until it's gone.← Location 229Heart Three · Location 230Location 231 →
