Last night we heard that there were some University of Arkansas art students working on an installation project for College Avenue this morning.
The details were sketchy, and I’d kind-of forgotten about that in my groggy, tired state driving to work today.
That is, until driving past Rick’s Bakery at around 8:00 am, I saw a sign with an illustration of a mans face with the words “Love Yourself” on it. Huh?
The signs, at least as far as I could tell are all south facing, meeting northbound traffic on College avenue. I counted and photographed 12 unique designs on my way to work this morning, though there may be more that I may have missed. The installation went up beginning at 6:00 am, and most of the signs were still standing at 8:00 when I saw them.
Did anyone else see them? Did it freak you out? Below is a slideshow of the pictures I took today. Anyone have any more information?
UPDATE: “The art is the work of University of Arkansas art students,” says The Morning News.
If the slideshow doesn’t load, visit the entire set at our Flickr page.
Help me with the French: “This is not a bright idea”?
I did see those – very strange! Hope they didn’t cause too many wrecks with people trying to figure them out….
There’s one near Acambaro that looked to be a horse being attacked by a bird.
Public art & surprises in your day are good things.
The signs were picked up by the city and stacked behind the water/code admin building as of Friday night. The city employees modded one to say “we love art too… next time call us please” with little Jr Code Enforcer stickers on it.
Really cool idea, really good application and really good of Fayetteville to not overreact, the sign they modded is pretty cool too.
I sadly did not see them as they were intended but did see many photographs of them. I wish I had seen them in the flesh, but I have to say I love the makers of them, I love the concept, and I hope more pop up.
Brilliant idea all around- gives me hope for the future of this town.
More please!
I want a fragile tree t-shirt. Someone with the means hook a fella up.
This reminds me — what’s that sign all about on the traffic signal box at College Avenue and Maple Street (southeast corner) that says “Welcome to Maple Street — Fayetteville’s Little Canada.” Yeah, I see the Canada/maple connection. But it still intrigues me. It’s a professional looking sign. Little Canada? I’m flummoxed.
@on the run, Here’s a story on the sign. And here’s a t-shirt.
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