By Daniel Rigney
I rode the light rail downtown this afternoon, my eyes free to view the passing cityscape through my side window-screen. It was like watching a television documentary on urban life.
As I rode, I began paying attention to the constant stream of official-looking signs posted on passing buildings and streets. “Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed.” “No Trespassing.” “SLOW Children at Play.” We’ve seen standard signs like these thousands of times in our lives.
I began to wonder what would happen if someone – a comically-inclined conceptual artist, perhaps – were to commission a sign-maker to make official-looking signs with oddly altered versions of standard messages, and then post these surreptitiously in various public places.
Here are a few examples of signs you’re unlikely to see outside of the walled confines of a contemporary art museum:
Unauthorized Vehicles Welcome
Authorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at Owner’s Expense
Police (in red circle with diagonal slash)
No Vehicles Higher Than 2 Ft. (over the entrance to a tunnel)
No Parking from 12 a.m. to 12 a.m.
GO (in a green octagon)
Alive End (in a yellow diamond)
Free Speech Zone
This Home Has No Security System (posted on a front lawn)
Yard Sign
Vote Against Jones
Drive Faster
Smoking Required
Honk If You Can't Read This Sign
Not Under Construction. This Is It.
Do you have an odd sign message or two to add to this installation? Comment below or send it along to drigney3@gmail.com
Thanks,
Danagram
;] thinking about doing conceptual art since 2011
I rode the light rail downtown this afternoon, my eyes free to view the passing cityscape through my side window-screen. It was like watching a television documentary on urban life.
As I rode, I began paying attention to the constant stream of official-looking signs posted on passing buildings and streets. “Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed.” “No Trespassing.” “SLOW Children at Play.” We’ve seen standard signs like these thousands of times in our lives.
I began to wonder what would happen if someone – a comically-inclined conceptual artist, perhaps – were to commission a sign-maker to make official-looking signs with oddly altered versions of standard messages, and then post these surreptitiously in various public places.
Here are a few examples of signs you’re unlikely to see outside of the walled confines of a contemporary art museum:
Unauthorized Vehicles Welcome
Authorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at Owner’s Expense
Police (in red circle with diagonal slash)
No Vehicles Higher Than 2 Ft. (over the entrance to a tunnel)
No Parking from 12 a.m. to 12 a.m.
GO (in a green octagon)
Alive End (in a yellow diamond)
Free Speech Zone
This Home Has No Security System (posted on a front lawn)
Yard Sign
Vote Against Jones
Drive Faster
Smoking Required
Honk If You Can't Read This Sign
Not Under Construction. This Is It.
Do you have an odd sign message or two to add to this installation? Comment below or send it along to drigney3@gmail.com
Thanks,
Danagram
;] thinking about doing conceptual art since 2011
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