John Ginley63rd Street playground west of West End AveHeart Three · Location 255 · 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 podcast0:00West of West End Avenue, between 63rd and 64th Street, is the West End Towers Park.0:06The park features two prominent areas, a children's playground and a well-manicured, elaborate landscaping experiment.0:15The landscaping is protected from dogs and people from a waist-high, thin, frail metal fencing.0:23The landscaping breaks into pretty much three categories, trees, rocks, and flowers.0:30Before all this plant life existed here, it was a sea of mud.0:34In the center of this, we carved a figure into the mud with our fingers.0:40This representation of the fireman stayed there for a very long time.0:44Three years later, a luscious plant with purple flowers has sprung up out of where the fireman was drawn0:50and is surrounded by an abundant, lively, and healthy family of plant life.0:57This is Lieutenant John Ginley. He was drawn in March of 2003. His drawing is counting three people.1:07Andrew and I decided that while we were exploring new surfaces and ways we were interacting with them, we might as well take it a step further.1:15This flat of mud was directly on our heart path and a perfect candidate for one of the most fundamental forms of mark making, drawing in the sand and mud.1:24Stripped of any medium, we use just our fingers to draw Lieutenant John Ginley.1:28We spent a lot of time on his drawing, making sure that all the lines were of uniform depth and craftsmanship.1:34A drawing out of nowhere.1:37All types of temporary work thrill me.1:39This drawing reminds me of the joy of making snow angels.1:44Sure, the end result is always great to look at,1:46but the process of lying in the snow and waving your arms around is where 90% of the aesthetic exchange is taking place.1:56Lieutenant John F. Ginley, a firefighter, managed the household, taking the dog to the vet or the children to the doctor.2:04He was a very involved parent as far as even putting the kids on the school bus and braiding my daughter's hair, she said.2:10He helped out in the classroom when his daughter, Taylor, and son, Connor, were younger and he dressed up as a...← Location 254Heart Three · Location 255Location 256 →
