The Islands Interchange

Juxtaposition of Jim TerMeer's 'did we miss the exit?' and Yutaka Sone's 'Highway Junction 405-10'

The “Interchange7� photo collection (via Airbag Industires) reminded me of an art installation I saw in 2003, — “Jungle Island� by Yutaka Sone. The exhibition was at The Geffen Contemporary, which is part of MOCA, Los Angeles.

“Jungle Island� was installed within the warehouse style museum space — an indoor living jungle in downtown Los Angeles. The space was very humid, for the plants or maybe just for effect. Wandering into the vegetation, I came upon four table-size marble sculptures tucked away in small clearings on the island.

Each bas-relief sculpture depicted a different freeway interchange.