Friday September 14, 2007

Signs of Intelligent Life

I like these fake historical markers, which Norm Magnusson created as part of his “On This Site Stood” series. While they are currently on display at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Magnusson imagines dotting the length of I-75 with such signs. As he notes, “Interstate-75 beings in Sault St. Marie, Michigan, on the Canadian border. After leaving Michigan, it doesn’t touch another blue state.” It does, however, pass through my hometown, coming tantalizingly close to the Creation Museum.