David KovalcinAmsterdam Ave between W 76th St and W 75th StHeart Three · Location 273 · 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 7Video podcast0:00On the southeast corner of Amsterdam and 76th Street is the brick Riverside Memorial Chapel.0:07Though the Riverside Memorial Chapel offers a seemingly endless amount of drawing spaces outside,0:14several years ago we could not find the right timing or space to get in and draw.0:20There is, however, a door near 76th Street facing on the Amsterdam0:23that when we looked inside provided a friendly face and a blank wall behind a desk.0:28As of spring 2006, this room, which offered services for the recently deceased, has turned into more of a waiting room,0:37with a plush carpet, large oversized chairs, candles, a fax machine, and comfortably dignified furniture all around.0:48This is David Colvison. He was drawn in June of 2003.0:54His drawing is counting ten people.0:58This building offers us a most literal of juxtapositions.1:02A monument store is on our heart path, and there are no obvious walls to draw on outside, so I enter and ask for permission.1:10The woman running the show that afternoon made a call to her supervisor and described the request over the phone.1:16It is hard enough sometimes for me to describe what the process of tape art entails, let alone a stranger trying.1:22Without too much explanation, approval was given to do a drawing on the inside of the store.1:28A blank space presented itself behind the main desk in the center of the store.1:32I moved chairs and files and cleared up a place for me to draw it.1:38And there was David's silhouette, surrounded by photographs and catalogs of monument pieces.1:44He was drawn as a monument himself to the ten lives that he counts with his open hands.1:50David Colvison, 42, was a passenger on Flight 11 on a business trip for Raytheon where he was a senior mechanical engineer.1:59Mrs. Colvison said they had carved out a father-knows-best kind of life with him coming home at 6 every evening.2:06The morning he left home, he had written a note for his family, Rebecca, Marina, and Mommy.2:11I will miss everybody very much. See you Friday night.← Location 272Heart Three · Location 273Location 274 →
