Los Angeles 48.3% VIII

Los Angeles 48.3% VIII, 2015
Archival marker on gridded vellum
8.125 x 8.125 in.

“The Brown Dot Project” is an elegant solution to questions about Latino population data in Southern California.

• Within the area of each image are 48,400 squares.
• 48.3% of Los Angeles’ population is Latino.
• 48.3% of 48,400 squares is 23,377.
• This piece contains 23,377 Brown Dots to represent the Latino population in Los Angeles.
• I count the dots in increments of 50. 23,377 dots equaling 467 sets of fifty dots plus 27.