Thomas R KellyE 58th St between 3rd Ave and 2nd AveHeart Three · Location 335 · Drawn March 2004Hover 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 podcast0:00Midway between 2nd and 3rd Avenue on East 58th Street in the middle of the block is the address for 215.0:08The building also has the not-so-helpful label M2L endorsed on its front and on a pseudo-awning above it.0:14To the left of this building is a big, heavy, decorative lamp.0:17Directly below that lamp on the sidewalk level was a construction wall, caddy corner to the building leading out onto the sidewalk.0:24As a string 2006, this drawing is done.0:26but if it were standing today, it would be standing in the middle of the sidewalk, facing to the east.0:32This is Thomas R. Kelly.0:35He was drawn in March of 2004.0:39His drawing is counting one person.0:42This street offered a lot of post-no-bills walls that are covered with so many bills0:48that one would only assume that the walls were there for the specific purpose of bill posting.0:54We were caught up in posting fever and decided to add another layer to the posters battling for advertising space.1:01The least busy and most appealing ads to draw on top of were for a Mr. Ben Queller, musician of some sort.1:08We aren't completely removed from the scene, but none of us had any idea who this guy was.1:13It was important that we figure it out because if the music belonged to some notoriously offensive group,1:18there is a chance that we would be really making a bad juxtaposition by putting our work on, near, or above it.1:25We couldn't see any Ben Queller fans near us.1:28My phone has the most primitive WAP browser that allows me to surf the internet.1:33Surfing is defined by looking at four short lines of text.1:36But you can go to google.com.1:39You can type in Ben Queller.1:40You can find out that he is labeled as a Nirvana category anti-folk superhero.1:45He sounded earnest, but to quote Billy Joel,1:48You can't get the sound from a story in a magazine.1:51We did get enough information from reading, though,1:54to feel comfortable bringing Thomas R. Kelly and Mr. Queller together just this one time.2:01Eventually, Thomas R. Kelly followed in his father's footsteps and joined the fire department,2:06but his world continued to revolve around water and bike trails.2:10He swam in the shark tank of a nearby aquarium.2:13He went deep-sea diving in Belize.← Location 334Heart Three · Location 335Location 336 →
