Counting the Hours: Art, Data, and the Untold Stories of Women's Work

Counting the Hours, a new exhibition from artist Sawyer Rose and The Carrying Stones Project, shines a light on the systemic and pervasive inequalities that working women face, including the physical, emotional, and practical effects of these disproportionate labor loads. The artworks in this show portray the deeply personal work stories of a diverse group of women and are accompanied by the data that tells a bigger story. The women profiled are a mix of ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, occupations, and socio-economic statuses.

Rose uses a unique combination of art and science to communicate her findings about women’s work. Her large-scale installation sculptures in Counting the Hours are built using real-life work data collected from female-identifying workers from all walks of life and from across the U.S. Participants record their work hours, paid and unpaid. Then, Rose translates each subject’s hours into a data visualization sculpture that helps viewers better understand the vast number of hours each woman logs at her paid job and at her un-paid home or volunteer job.

Counting the Hours is produced by The Carrying Stones Project, a nonprofit that provides public education about women’s work inequities in their many forms.

Code & Canvas, 151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco 94103
Tues. & Thurs. from 1-6 p.m., Sat. from 12-3 p.m. and by appointment
Free admission

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6-9 p.m.
At Code & Canvas, 151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco 94103

Counting the Hours Public Participatory Event: Crafting Balance
During ArtSpan Open Studios Weekend 3
Saturday and Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2019, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
At Code & Canvas, 151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco 94103
Visitors to the exhibition can weave their own work data into a community-created data visualization tapestry.

Closing Reception
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 6-9 p.m.
At Code & Canvas, 151 Potrero Ave., San Francisco 94103