Brian Bulfer 2009-10
World Population 3000BCE to 2008CE
oil on canvas, 96"x12"

NOTES:

Each color is ordered off the spectrum where lower color frequencies represent lower values and higher color frequencies represent higher values.  Each bar that is separated by a white stripe represents a year starting at 3000 BCE to 2008 CE.  The date is written down at the top of each bar.  The value for each stripe is written down at the height of world population for each year.  The different structural shapes are tracking the population of different regions, such as Africa, North America, Europe and Asia.  These shapes where determined by locating the capitals of each country with the larges population and then connecting the dots.  Each shape is labeled and illustrates the difference in population between different regions over time.

Sources:

“World Population.” Wikipedia.  2009.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population>