Eric HartonoE 121st St between Park Ave and Lexington AveHeart Four · Location 436 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Video podcast0:00East of Park Avenue on East 121st Street as of spring 2006.0:07On the south side of the street, you see a building that was under construction several years ago when we made this drawing.0:13The drawing was made on a blue plywood construction wall blocking the sidewalk.0:18The exact location is where the first tree on the sidewalk had been planted.0:25This is Eric Hartono.0:27He was drawn in July of 2004.0:31His drawing is counting one person.0:35I mean, if I could wager a guess here, the aftermath, your hope of what?0:39Your hope for the future, a gesture of hope, right?0:43I mean, is that part of it? Absolutely. I mean, hope is a funny0:47thing to define because it's going to be different for everybody, but...0:50It's also a safe word. Yeah. One of the reasons why it was such an alluring word0:55it's because it's completely safe. It's a ambiguous and well accepted concept.1:02And so we thought that we could use that word without having it override the project.1:09And to touch back on something Jay was mentioning earlier about Rhode Island is that1:14Rhode Island's main state theme is hope. Right.1:20We got our flag, we got our anchor, and we have one word on our flag and it's hope.1:25the hope anchor for non Rhode Islanders is a pretty important Rhode Island symbol.1:30You know what what Rhode Island stood for, the Rhode Island and surrounding1:34plantations was1:35a hopeful creation in its inception. It was based on religious tolerance just1:40like Philadelphia right? Absolutely.1:42Religious tolerance and not only1:45an awkward acceptance of the people who were already there but something of an1:49involvement and1:50the facts get muddied through history and I wouldn't profess to be1:55Island historian, but it seems evident to me that Roger Williams was in Rhode Island2:00hoping to continue a pursuit of the ideals that the original settlers came to America2:07with.2:08Ray Paterno was born in Indonesia, but he quickly became an American.2:13After coming to the U.S. at a young age, the 20-year-old loved basketball and playing video2:18games on his computer, friends said.2:21He attended Newberry College in Massachusetts.2:24Eric showed interest in becoming a businessman.2:27When he was 14 or 15, he already had a different attitude, Mr. Hartono said.← Location 435Heart Four · Location 436Location 437 →
