Wolfgang Peter MenzelPark Ave between E 96th St and E 95th StHeart Four · Location 477 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Video podcast0:00On the southwest corner of Park Avenue and East 96th Street is a green awning for 1236.0:08Just to the right of that entrance, on the corner of the building, is a space about four feet wide0:13where the multicolored bricks that the building is constructed of meet the bespeckled stone surface0:20grounding the building into the sidewalk.0:23The drawing was made just to the right of a curving lamp with a protective metal grill0:30bridging the brick and stone surfaces and facing onto Park Avenue.0:35As of spring 2006, if you look closely at the wall, there is a rendition of a tiny white0:43heart framed by a single brick.0:47This is Wolfgang Peter Menzel.0:49He was drawn in July of 2004.0:53His drawing is counting one person.0:56The other common characteristic that we found in some websites1:00is that they group the victims of September 11th1:03with victims of other bombings and other tragedies.1:05So they're politicizing this list of names1:08and then inviting people to comment.1:11And there's one website that has, like, five different events,1:14September 11th, March 11th, Lockerbie,1:18bombings in Israel,1:19And Katrina.1:21And then an animated gift candle.1:23And you can light a candle.1:25And there's advertising that sponsors these websites.1:29And so you can make a donation to light this candle.1:33It's pretty...1:35It's pretty crass.1:37And what's wrong with that?1:39It seems really disrespectful.1:40It seems like the exact opposite of what we're trying to do.1:44It doesn't seem like there's that much thought or effort or consideration put into it.1:49Does it somehow make them not individuals anymore?1:53Yeah, it's glossing over these events and grouping them together.2:00Wolfgang Peter Menzel of Wollstatt, Germany, was director of human resources at BCT Technology AG,2:09a company specializing in software for the machinery, automobile, consumer goods, and aerospace industries.2:16He planned to retire in six months.2:19He is survived by his wife and child.← Location 476Heart Four · Location 477Location 478 →
