From New Zealand comes the story of a public art project in disguise—as official-looking signs with bizarre declarations.
One warns that an abandoned building is “slightly haunted,” while another one cheekily announces a walking speed limit of 2.83 kmh. Another simply reads “Don’t.”
Despite borrowing the font and color palate of official Christchurch signage, the 6 installations are meant to “play with the way we take authority and signage so seriously.”
Those were the words of the Cameron Hunt, who designed and mounted the signs as part of the Little Street art festival early this month.
“The idea was to make signs that look official, but with completely absurd messages, therefore creating moments of confusion, followed by little bursts of joy,” Hunt told the Guardian.
Kiri Jarden, the city council’s principal adviser for community arts, agreed.
“We totally support artists using humor to gently interrupt and engage passersby.”
The Guardian hunted down some online engagement, as in this era of digital media the signs quickly made their way onto social media. One, a self-described “fast walker” on Reddit, asked a community group if the signs were “for real?”
Another thought it some of the best “Guerilla art” he’d ever seen.
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