John MoranE 115th St between 2nd Ave and 1st AveHeart Four · Location 449 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Video podcast0:00On East 115th Street, between 2nd and 1st Avenue, the block is packed from end to end with residential living.0:10On the north side of the street is the address for 315.0:14It's a relief of white, constantly freshly painted surfaces for the Albert and Mildred Women and Children's Center.0:21Facing this building, there is a door to the left of the entrance past three windows.0:25the drawing was made leaning in the Ascension Sway on this tall, long, vertical door.0:31This is John Moran. He was drawn in July of 2004. His drawing is counting one person.0:41This is the door crying out for a drawing, this white door.0:44Jay was talking about how when the two of you had worked together, you had worked from 9am to 11pm six days a week.0:51Right. If we were able to we would all just work on this project all the time.0:56But we're supporting ourselves at the same time so when we say half the income1:00that means that on top of working in the project I'm working1:04you know my quote-unquote night shifts. I'm working full-time jobs at1:10RISD doing teaching for blocks of time.1:14The entire time this project has been going on you've never missed a Thursday of going to Hasbro Children's Hospital and doing tape art there as well.1:21Picking up little tiny teaching gigs wherever I can, here or there, mural jobs.1:26Fixing people's computers here and there.1:28Doing low-scale graphic design work, which is a painful operation because I'm not a graphic designer.1:34Picking up bits and pieces of income from that.1:38And we are collectively just trying to keep ourselves afloat.1:43At 42, Chief Moran was a kayaking, tin whistle-playing firefighter with a law degree,1:49but he never put himself before others. When his wife Kim was working out of1:54town, he fed, bathed, and smothered with love their two children, Ryan and Dylan,2:00all the while ensuring that Peggy Moran, his mother, who lived above him, never2:05went wanting.← Location 448Heart Four · Location 449Location 450 →
