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Census Walk of Numbers by Anita Glesta
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Photo CaptionCensus Walk of Numbers: Number 1
Census Walk of Numbers
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Photo CaptionCensus Walk of Numbers: Number 1

Census Walk of Numbers

Artist
Year2007
Classification environmental art
Medium concrete and hand-painted tile
DimensionsVarying
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • The Census Art Walk explores the integration of the physical and social environment, using sculpture and landscaping to encourage connection between people and the land. The large-scale work includes a winding path and a series of reliefs that playfully disrupt concepts of order and categorization associated with counting. A variety of numerical systems, including Native American, Mayan, Persian, Korean, Ethiopian, Hebrew and others that represent the diversity of the population of the United States, appear throughout the work. These numbers are seen on the walls, the benches and the sculptural mounds that appear as though they have risen from the earth. In this large scaled work, oversized numbers are laid horizontally on the earth, so that the symbols may serve as places for people to sit and reflect.