Atlanta, the City in a Forest, is a place of deep roots and rich history. As a gathering place for knowledge, this library serves as its heart – its modern Tree of Science – drawing in its
community and branching out to others. Tree of Light is a poem of light expressing interconnected ideas of our appreciation of trees. A sculpture made of text inscribed mirror discs arranged like the leaves on a tree while referencing Marcel Breuer’s original quartet of skylights: four circles of light, poised in the corners of a square. The words engraved on the
discs are a product of the community, collected through a process of word play and arranged
by Atlanta based poet Valerie Respress.
* The Tree of Science, written in 1295 by mystic and philosopher Ramon Llull, was an early
version of an encyclopedia format aimed to inform the general public.
- Subject Matter: Abstract tree
- Created: 2020
- Inventory Number: PA.2020.1
- Current Location: Central Library - One Margaret Mitchell Square Atlanta, GA 30303 (google map)
- Collections: Central Library Artwork, Public Art Commissions