Four Hearts: The locations of the figures, plotted on a map of New York, form four hearts. Online, the map becomes three dimensional with the assistance of Google Earth.
Navigation: On many pages you will notice a small cut-out of one of the Hearts or a bar on the side of the page. These points of navigation invite you to move southwest or northwest according to the island of Manhattan and the range of the Hearts. In this way, the web site is also a walking tour.
Heart One: Closest to the World Trade Center. 3-D panorama of the tape-art silhouette which situates the figures in the physical space where they were drawn. As the Hearts progress away from the World Trade Center they become more dimensional.
Heart Two: Generally, computer users think of the mouse as a point-and-click device. In this case, here is an opportunity to go slow, look around, and discover without clicking. Many of the images are highlighted in green, and the navigation points are discernible as you mouse over them. Welcome to rollover country.
Heart Three: Photographic work has been extensive and vital to the entire project. In Heart Three, collages, cut-outs, and a montage of images, layered with text and stories, make up each page.
Heart Four: This space is raw documentation; photographs that tell their own story. Though the Tape Artists use a customized low-adhesive tape, many of their drawings also use leaves, sand, flowers and other elements from the natural environment.
tapeart.com/hope – Every name for every individual lost in the collapse of the World Trade Center is searchable. Also, because each figure is connected to an intersection of New York, you can search in a different manner by plugging in a street.
Podcasts: The podcasts are narratives thick with images. They can be easily viewed on both Mac and Windows. While browsing the website, at any time you can click “Launch Podcast” on the side of each page to view the podcast for that figure. They can also be downloaded for free through the iTunes music store and viewed on your iPod or cell phone. This aspect of the project is portable – a walking tour one can follow as they move through the hearts and locations. The tape figures will have long since been gone, but the documentation of buildings, the detailed description of place, is another way to access the memory of a forever-changing city.
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