While initially the hands were to be anonymous, when asked if they minded identification, most subjects said not at all. But don't ask about the hand with the literal heart in it. That's Anon., with a long-standing symbol of Tech, a little directional gift from founder Andrew Carnegie, whose heart was in the work. The tiles won't reveal themselves easily, says Mannino. But he says, that's what research is like.
Nothing is revealed all at once.
You have to go figure. You have to move around, look around, mix around, talk around. All the sorts of activities carried on in the University Center. Once you've figured out the tiles, back off and view them from mid-Cut. They have a linear rhythm, too, that breaks up the quiet regularity of the architecture just as the artist intended.