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By the Numbers: ArtLabs
The art fair’s local events this weekend involve a ton of
people, 200 pounds of baking flour and at least two ear
infections.
Brian Zimmerman plans to use up to 200 pounds of flour to put together his art instillation outside the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. / Photo by Sam Hodgson
I rounded up a few numbers related to weekend’s ArtLabs to get our heads around as we plan our lab-hopping adventures.
• 18 ArtLabs: 7 at the Hilton, 1 at the Museum of Art, 1 virtually on the waterfront, 3 in North Park, 1 in Barrio Logan, 3 in East Village, 1 in San Ysidro/Tijuana.
• Amount of found fabric in Picnic blanket: 1,000 feet.
• Portraits of San Diego’s homeless population in (In)Visible Project: 37.
• Handmade transparencies in Adjacent Possible: 138.
• Months that Space 4 Art spent building the stage: 9.
• Pounds of baking flour in “Self titled:” 200.
• Ear infections acquired by Andrew Oslovar while filming “X.O. has the Conn“: 2
• 150 artists, at least, tied specifically to ArtLab projects
• 45 faculty members and students at Woodbury University in Barrio Logan displaying work coinciding with the weekend’s events
I’m Kelly Bennett, the arts editor for VOSD. You can reach me directly at kelly.bennett@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.325.0531.
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