Junction
- Title
- Junction
- LC Subject
- Aluminum Sculpture Metal sculpture Signs and signboards aluminum (metal) found object sculpture signage sculpture (visual work)
- Creator
- Mayer, Jerry
- Description
- A contextual perspective showing three sides of a concrete wall displaying 39 highway signs and 2 traffic signals. Junction; SOSC; 1993; Jerry Mayer mayerj@imagina.com The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
- View
- full, contextual
- Location
- Cascade Residence Hall, Southern Oregon University >> Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard Ashland, Oregon A map of this location may be viewed at http://www.sou.edu/map/flashmap.html
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1993_sosc_cascade-hall-ctryd_01_a01
- Accession Number
- 1993_sosc_cascade-hall-ctryd_01_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Mayer, Jerry
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Sculpture; Signage; aluminum and paint; 39 highway signs; 2 traffic signals with cast aluminum supports
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1993 Southern Oregon State College Cascade Complex 1993_sosc_cascade-hall-ctryd
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- In 1997, Southern Oregon State College became Southern Oregon University. three exterior walls of the mailroom
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The courtyard formed by Aspen Hall, Baker Hall and the entrance to the remodeled food complex is not only a literal junction for pedestrians, it is a figurative junction for generations, cultures and personalities. "Junction" turns the Cascade Complex courtyard into a metaphor for Southern Oregon State College being both a microcosm of, and junction in, life. It consists of thirty nine standard highway signs and two traffic signals fastened to all three walls. Influenced by the viewer's age, personality, imagination and life-experience, the shapes, colors and images of the signs juxtapose to offer various "readings" on decision-making, purpose, doubt, accident, discovery and balance.(Mayer, 1993)
