Freeway Signs
The installation of guide signs on the 110 Pasadena freeway
A North panel and 5 shield were fabricated It was done as an art project, without permission, called Guerrilla Public Service.
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 video still: Catherine Cummings |
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Update, 2009 modified sign with 5 and north (arrow) installed August 5, 2001. The signs were replaced, with the improvements, November 22, 2009 |
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The North and 5 Shield have been |
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 view from the 4th street overpass |
Guerrilla Public Service The installation and documentation of missing information on the freeway sign system, Guerrilla Public Service. Exact reproduction of guide signs (Caltrans part numbers G-27, G-47) placed on existing structure (gantry 23100) to aid motorists to their destination and ease traffic congestion. To prove the integrity of the arts, its place in culture and why civilization needs it. The benefits of the artistic endeavor in everyday life, what we see, don’t see, and take for granted. For the hundreds of millions of motorists in their commute, in which they use the freeway sign system. |
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| Digital compiling of six images, showing the installation process photos: Jim Payne > |
 view from the 3rd street exit ramp |
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Press
 (Inside Edition) photo: Catherine Cummings >news, text  LA Weekly Dec. 30, 2009 Citizen LA Feb. 2009 LA CityBeat Aug. 6, 2008 KOGO News Radio Nov.14, 2006 The Roger Hedgecock Show |
Los Angeles Times Sept. 1, 2006 Classic Paint Jobs by Christopher Knight Times Staff Writer June 21, 2006 >LA Times The Atomic Chef: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error by Steven Casey p97 2006 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Planet Eccentric p200 2005 Elle Décor Sept. 2005 Modern Painters Spring 2003 Coagula (Issue 58) Sept. 2002 Governing Magazine Aug. 2002 Sign Business July 2002 Signs Of The Times July 2002 National Examiner July 9, 2002 Traffic Technology International June/July 2002 People Magazine June 3, 2002 KLAC Michael Jackson Show May 22, 2002 Newsweek May 20, 2002 Los Angeles Times May 17, 2002 KCET Life & Times May 16, 2002 KillRadio.com May 15, 2002 Los Angeles Times May 14, 2002 Univision May 14, 2002 KIIS FM Rik Dees May 13, 2002 KROQ FM Kevin & Bean May 13, 2002 KYTD FM May 13, 2002 CNN News May 13, 2002 |
NPR Whad'Ya Know Show May 11, 2002 Inside Edition May 10, 2002 KFI John & Ken Show May 10, 2002 Good Morning America May 10, 2002 The Early Show May 10, 2002 San Francisco Chronicle May 10, 2002 LA Weekly May 10-16 2002 ABC News May 9, 2002 CBS News May ,9 2002 NPR All Things Considered May 9, 2002 NBC News May 9, 2002 NBC Nightly News May 9, 2002 Fox News May 9, 2002 UPN News May 9, 2002 KFI FM May 9, 2002 Los Angeles Times May 9, 2002 KTLA News May 8, 2002 Los Angeles Downtown News May 6, 2002 |
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Film Festivals 2006 2003 2002 |
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