In the sticks – sign project

In the sticks – sign project

Description

A sign has been created, mimicking the information that is usually displayed on such mediums. These types of signs are usually in public places, displaying information that maybe be important to the surrounding peoples safety, because of road works, building construction, or other dangers. These signs are normally brightly coloured, using colours that cant be ignored eg: red, bright yellow acting as waring signals.

Aim:

Much like the city sign project except in a new environment, in more rural areas. Although this particular sign’s use was created for placement in the city, I felt that the city was too greater place to compete with such overwhelming visuals. The new placement idea, of taking the same sign, and putting somewhere that isn’t taken over by billboards and tram adverts will hopefully get some different responses.

 

Time: 8:20am (School starting hours)

Location:

Macleod station / Macleod College, outside train station sign post

Environment:

On a fence, near the exit from a train platform, going towards the school. Also on a sign post outside, the the platform going to the city.

 

Results:

From my previous results, it seemed that younger people were the ones that noticed such an object more often then anyone else, when it was placed in the city. But also in the city, it blended in a bit more. Now in the new environment, in a place where people had to stop for trains, the sign gained a lot more attention. People would not only just look and walk past the sign, but also stop in confusion as to what it was. Students going to school having to wait for the train seemed to stare at it, mostly in silence. I heard a few students discussing what the sign was.

 Some comments such as:

• WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

• We aren’t in the city, what’s it doing here?

• What retard put this here?

• Ha ha, that’s funny, someone pushing a piano off a building.

• Why would someone push a piano off a building?

Conclusion:

Although people and students in this area may not have all positively reacted to the sign, it still caught peoples attention, (I think mainly being so wildly out of place).

The sign post placement was mostly just for fun. Due to it being on the city side and away from the school, it either couldn’t be seen, or people were too much in a rush to see it.