PROJECT
The Park Social at Chollas Lake
The Park Social at Chollas Lake
2022
Brian & Ryan have "adopted" Chollas Lake Park for The Park Social at Chollas Lake. Through this multifaceted exploration, Brian & Ryan have created aesthetic junctions that celebrate people’s collective experiences, both real and imagined, while commemorating the park as a living character in a narrative that is both humorous and playful. The Park Social at Chollas Lake has multiple phases that connect to the next. At the beginning of the project, the artist collective collects interviews and feedback from the park goers. Small collection boxes with prompts are placed throughout the park to collect written ideas from park attendees. After this stage, carved logs with portraits of people in the community are sited throughout the park. The phased project also takes over one of the small building structures and uses it as a hub for activities and interaction with the public. These interactions help to develop a series of interventions in the park. Photographic documentation of the interventions and more formal photoshoots with sculptural elements occur throughout the project duration. Large billboard structures are constructed and placed in the lake, housing images of those interventions. An ice cream social reception and published documentation will mark the end of this project. With The Park Social at Chollas Lake, Brian & Ryan hope to revive lost park lore and maybe even help to create some new legends for future generations.
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
Project By
Date and Location
Installation on view:
September 12 -
November 4, 2022
Chollas Lake Park
6350 College Grove Dr
San Diego, CA 92115
Oak Park Neighborhood
Council District 4
Events
12:00PM to 1:00PM, Chollas Lake Park
Can Phones Across the Water
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 12:00PM to 1:00PM,
Chollas Lake Park View Map
Watch as Brian & Ryan take over Chollas Lake Park for their first intervention "Can Phones Across the Water," in which the artists duo communicate with each other across the lake using specially designed can phones.
1:00PM to 3:00PM, Chollas Lake Park
Can Telephone Build Workshop
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 1:00PM to 3:00PM,
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Join the artist duo Brian & Ryan for a drop-in participatory workshop to build your own telephone to communicate with other visitors throughout the park.
3:00PM to 4:00PM, Chollas Lake Park
Can Phones Across the Water
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3:00PM to 4:00PM,
Chollas Lake Park View Map
Watch as Brian & Ryan take over Chollas Lake Park for their first intervention "Can Phones Across the Water," in which the artists duo communicate with each other across the lake using specially designed can phones.
3:00PM to 5:00PM, Chollas Lake Park
Remote Controlled Flotsam
Saturday, June 25, 2022, 3:00PM to 5:00PM,
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Join Brian & Ryan for their intervention "Remote Controlled Flotsam" as they pilot remote objects in the Chollas Lake.
Chollas Lake Park
Billboard Installation
Monday, September 12, 2022 to Friday, November 4, 2022,
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Stop by the park to see Brian & Ryan present the intervention documentation in the form of images on a billboard structure in Chollas Lake.
1:00PM to 3:00PM, Chollas Lake Park
Community Celebration
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 1:00PM to 3:00PM,
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Celebrate with Brian & Ryan as they conclude their time at Chollas Lake Park. Grab a copy of the publication that documents their project in the park.