2017

Bety has been cleaning homes since she was 11, and she also gets up early every weekday to volunteer at morning mass at her church. In addition, she does most of the domestic labor in her own home.
In this portrait from The Carrying Stones Project, Bety lifts and carries a data visualization sculpture of her working hours, bearing the burden of her work life in a real and physical way. Her paid labor hours are represented by heavy, earth-colored forms cast from various types of potscrubbers. Her unpaid work hours are represented by lighter disks with holes reminiscent of tracery. Hours not spent working are spaces on the chain.