Joseph GullicksonW 74th St between West End Ave and BroadwayHeart Three · Location 270 · Drawn June 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 9Video podcast0:00There is a building to the left of 251 West 74th Street between the West End Avenue and Amsterdam.0:08The drawing was done on the granite corner to the left of the active driveway.0:14The granite surface is about 6 foot 5 inches and is framed on the left by a window with a black metal gate on it0:22and a driveway descending down into a space monitored by security cameras.0:27This space also has a security camera pointing to the west.0:32This is Lieutenant Joseph Gullickson.0:35He was drawn in June of 2003.0:39His drawing is counting 10 people.0:43Talking with people who were so adamant about the necessity of getting press and sharing this project has given me cause for pause.0:51Not right now.0:52It was a reminder of things that we were encouraged to do in the wake of our work in Oklahoma0:57in 1995.1:00The mural that we had created for the rescue workers had been captured by a CNN camera1:04crew shortly after we finished it and broadcast nationally.1:10At the time, we made the decision to not make efforts to attach our names to the mural and1:16let it stand for what it was, a tribute to the rescue workers and the people of Oklahoma1:22For years following that event, we refrained from focusing on that work and did not put documentation of the Hope Mural on the Tape Art website.1:33The work was not supposed to be from us, it was just supposed to be.1:38We were traveling nationally at the time, and everywhere we went, people made the connections themselves between the Hope Mural and the temporary Tape Art murals we were doing in their towns.1:47For about two years, I would run into a surprisingly large amount of people who would make the connection between me as a tape artist and that one piece of nationally televised artwork.1:59Joseph Gullickson treasured the camaraderie at Ladder Company 101 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and welcomed the challenges of the work ascending to the rank of lieutenant at age 31 and until September 11, studying for the captain's test.2:13At home in Staten Island, he would nestle into the blue satin daddy chair with the gold polka dots, cuddling with the girls and devouring them.← Location 269Heart Three · Location 270Location 271 →
