Robert KingE 48th St between Lexington Ave and 3rd AveHeart Three · Location 345 · 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 podcast0:00This drawing is in a public plaza east of Lexington Avenue on 48th Street.0:06It's on the north side of the street, and if you're coming off of Lexington,0:10keep walking until you see a restaurant named Avra and a plaza to your left.0:16The plaza is open to the public. Walk on in and walk to the back of the plaza.0:21On the left-hand side is a long, angular sitting bench,0:25and the drawing was done to the right of the tall tree in the corner. There's a0:31lamp directly above the space where the drawing was made on this dirtying0:35concrete surface. This is Robert King. He was drawn in March of 2004. His drawing0:44is counting one person. We are now going counterclockwise. We are starting at the0:52the beginning slash end of this gigantic heart and traveling in the wrong direction. Why we did0:58not just go up the last drawing and continue our original path is a product of desperately wanting1:03to get the task done as quickly as possible with the sun as our task master. The interesting thing1:10that has happened to my memory of these last 11 spaces is that they are removed or slower to be1:15recalled than the 119 drawings we have done so far for this heart. We are making an upside down1:22that will definitely fit the rest of the project, but it is harder for my mind to click into place.1:28This sensation speaks strongly to the movement of my body through space infused with my sense1:33of direction. I find it interesting that the pen stroke of my body moving across Manhattan1:38in one direction is felt as one line, even those over the course of two years.1:43It is extremely interesting that this last little stroke to complete the heart1:47in the opposite direction should feel so foreign to me.1:51To all the ballerinas out there that can spin equally well in both directions,1:55we applaud you louder.1:58Firefighter Robert King, 36, was an avid woodworker.2:02His company, Engine 33 in the East Village,2:05eats off a trestle table he made that seats more than 20.2:09Expanding the woodshop in the firehouse basement,2:11he made a table for the watchroom and cabinets for some firefighter friends2:15who had helped him work on his house.2:17[unclear] Long Island.2:18At home, there were the bunk beds for his two boys2:22and paneling and more cabinets.2:23Theresa King's favorite piece is a waist-high oak Quaker table2:27for her vestibule.← Location 344Heart Three · Location 345Location 346 →
