Natalie Janis LasdenCentral Park between W 76th St and W 77th StHeart Three · Location 283 · 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 11Video podcast0:00To get to this drawings location in Central Park, you must leave from the previous drawings location.0:07Head north on the path away from the lake.0:10There will be a slight incline and the path will shift from asphalt to stone to asphalt to stone and back to asphalt again.0:19Shortly thereafter, you'll reach a four-way intersection.0:22Pass through this intersection in the direction that you're heading.0:26About 15 yards up on the left is a large rock with a surface tilting at a 45 degree angle.0:34This large plane of rock was the canvas that we pressed the snow on to make this drawing.0:42This is Natalie Janis Lasden.0:45She was drawn in March of 2003.0:49Her drawing is counting 10 people.0:53A month after this drawing was made, I got a call from a friend slash artist in Manhattan whom I adore named Andy.1:00We went to school together, lived together, and he has always inspired me with his work.1:06Because of this project, and the rest of my comings and goings, I had not been sufficiently in contact with him.1:12Or anyone else for that matter.1:14In his phone call, he told me that he had discovered the snow figures in the park on his way home from work.1:19It meant a lot to me.1:21So much care had been put into making all the portraits in New York that to know that a good friend had seen them really struck home.1:28In fact, I keep running into people, even in Providence, who have seen the tape art figures.1:33But it is a rare treat to have someone close to me share in this outpouring.1:38Perhaps one day I will meet the people who are close to the ones we are drawing.1:44She was a pillar of support for the family.1:47she was also in love and her fiancé, Don de Tullio, accompanied her on the flight that crashed into the World Trade Center.1:55Her passion was her dogs.1:57She had three of them, two German Shepherds and a Rottweiler.2:01She [unclear] of...← Location 282Heart Three · Location 283Location 284 →
