Photo taken in Seaford, South East England in July 2008 by Lizzy Stewart.
(Thanks Steve.)
Tag Archives: sign
Electric Bird
Little Public Plaques
Keetra Dean Dixon installed little public plaques around New York City. She writes:
Familiar slogans used during delightful moments of play or as a childhood reassurance are placed within public spaces. I hope to stimulate a discrete communal dialogue, insert moments of discovery into the daily routine & encourage a more intimate relation with a chosen path.
(Thanks Steve)
Wet Paint Anagrams
Adam Sacks took it upon himself to figure out how many anagrams he could make out of the “WET PAINT” signs in the NYC subway system. Above are two of our favorites. Check out more on his site.
God Hates Signs
A very clever protest of the Westboro Baptist Church‘s hateful signs. Photo by Mike Burstein.
How to Hack an Electronic Road Sign
Interested in reprogramming an electric road sign to say something hilarious? It’s definitely illegal and possibly dangerous, but here’s how to do it. You know, just so you know.
Here’s a local news story from Austin, Texas about a road sign prank there. It was the top story.
Improv Everywhere Gives 2,000 High Fives on Subway Escalator
(YouTube link)
edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker
Head to Improv Everywhere to see the full report with tons of photos: High Five Escalator
An Ordinary Building
Here’s an awesome project from 2006 we just stumbled upon, An Ordinary Building.
On the night of September the 20th 2006 a sign appeared on a building in the center of Viterbo, an ancient city in central Italy, not far from Rome. Apparently put by the City Council it has already caused quite a stir. The sign is in fact an art piece by controversial artist duo Eva and Franco Mattes (aka 0100101110101101.ORG). Looking as official as any other street sign, it reads:
Hundreds of unaware passersby have been staring at the sign: “It’s brilliant!” comments an elderly woman “But I have no idea how to interpret it.” While an outraged citizen living nearby comments, “This is just unacceptable, look around, there are buildings much worse than this one, especially in the suburbs.”
When asked to give an explanation of the sign, Franco Mattes, currently in New York, declared «It means what it says».
The artists behind this project Eva and Franco Mattes are hosting a conference in Barcelona next month that will feature talks from Improv Everywhere, Blu, Swoon, and Survival Research Laboratories, among others.
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Finish Line
Improv in Toronto, a group formed on the Urban Prankster Network, just posted their latest mission, Finish Line Marathon.
They write:
For our most recent mission, 20 agents met up downtown with one huge finish line, Canadian flags, a cowbell, and a load of team spirit! We then set it up in front of random strangers to see how they would react! Would they stop and stare? Or just try to ignore us? Or maybe even if we’re lucky, sprint to the finish!?
Previously: The Strand Race