Anthony JovicE 72nd St between 1st Ave and 2nd AveHeart Three · Location 321 · Drawn July 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 12Download photograph 13Show all 13 photographsVideo podcast0:00On East 72nd Street between 2nd and 1st Avenue is an incredible transformation.0:07We had originally made our drawing on the abandoned storefront of a fur shop at 332 East 72nd Street.0:16As of spring 2006, we failed to even find this address.0:21In fact, we failed to find the building at all.0:24There is a building there, but it's not the one that we saw three years ago.0:30The four-story structure that we originally saw has been what appears to be magically replaced by a 15-story clean, modern apartment building.0:42It stretches up to the sky and has been squeezed in between the two buildings to the left and right of it.0:48Our drawing would have been approximately where the standpipe with the yellow caps on it is located facing onto the sidewalk.0:58This is Lieutenant Anthony Jovic. He was drawn in July of 2003. His drawing is counting eight people.1:09This first shop's demise is to our benefit. Drawing this many people who have passed away1:14has given rise to thoughts related to the balance of value in relationship to life.1:19A life is a life is a life, each equally precious. The circumstances of a life's undoing and1:27are unique for each person, but sometimes an extraordinary event creates a context1:33in which we remember that person's life. In contrast, the Australian librarian,1:39Tibetan monk, an Argentinian stockbroker who lived their life never related to1:44anything universally remarkable, will eventually pass away without fanfare.1:49When we are drawing the deceased, we are not just drawing the individual person,1:53we are remembering their joined circumstance. The weight of the circumstance brings us together.2:00The volume of their passing is exceeded every hour at a rate of approximately 6,000 people2:05per hour globally. In the calculation of volume versus weight, our engagements in Iraq and2:11Afghanistan surpassed the volume of those who passed away on September 11th in short order.2:18I am aware that at this time, there may be someone in those countries working on an act of remembrance for one of their recently lost loved ones.2:27My thoughts, though, can never settle on volume, and I must remain focused on the individuals who we draw and the circumstances that bound us all together.2:38Cynthia Jovic can't imagine morning coffee without her husband of 16 years.2:42a big kidder and hugger and kisser who never got through a day without several times telling her2:47and the boys he loved them. The son of a Croatian longshoreman, he grew up in Hell's Kitchen.2:53Jovic, 39, impressed all of his friends as being smart enough to win the big one on Jeopardy.2:59When that south tower came down, his soul went right through me.3:02I knew it then. He just went through me, and I knew he was gone.← Location 320Heart Three · Location 321Location 322 →
