John Brett CahillClaremont Ave between W 116th St and W 117th StHeart Four · Location 403 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Video podcast0:00The location for this drawing is on one of Columbia's many buildings in Manhattan.0:04It's on Claremont bordering with West 116th Street.0:08Coming off of 116th, following along this wall, eventually you'll see a single entrance0:15with a set of stairs and a handicapped access ramp leading up to it.0:19To the left of that entrance, you'll see two windows.0:22Our drawing was done just to the left at the base of the vertical window0:26with the square and triangle metalwork on it.0:30As of spring 2006, a concrete wheelchair access ramp0:34has been put in front of the surface that the drawing was made on.0:40This is John Brett Cahill.0:43He was drawn in July of 2004.0:47His drawing is counting one person.0:51You could print those postcards0:53and then hand deliver a batch of postcards0:56to one of the organizations.0:59We could go one step beyond that.1:01And what?1:02You could hand print the postcards,1:04hand apply some of the tape that we've used to draw1:09so they have a physical sense of the material.1:12And beyond that, instead of just a screen printed piece of paper,1:15it will have been touched by a hand involved in the actual project.1:20And then we'll go to New York City on the 5th anniversary of September 11th1:25and hand those to the family members, the friends, the relatives who are going to be there.1:30The family's just got the green light to do the reading of the names.1:34So the families at least...1:36They're all [unclear] be there.1:37That's the theory.1:38That's what you got to do.1:39I know.1:40It's going to be so hard though.1:41It's going to be one of the worst because the question is, what do you say?1:45And I was like, I don't know.1:45Do you just cry and hand them?1:47I don't know.1:48But the thing is for a lot of people, they'll be in an emotionally charged atmosphere.1:53So even if they were quote unquote resolved, there will be a situation where that resolution1:59will be tested under fire.2:02He had a passion for travel.2:04The family had lived in England and Brazil.2:07He was fond of Latin America.2:10He loved the people, Mrs. Cahill said.2:12They worked to live instead of living to work.2:15Mr. Cahill spoke Spanish and Portuguese and his interest in languages...← Location 402Heart Four · Location 403Location 404 →
