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Manifest Destiny III	Freeway Signs	Painting	Sculpture	Minimum Wage Poster	For the War Effort

Freeway Signs
The installation of guide signs on the 110 Pasadena freeway

A North panel and 5 shield were fabricated
and attached to the existing overhead sign because the information was missing.

It was done as an art project, without permission, called Guerrilla Public Service.
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The signs were manufactured and installed to the same specifications used by Caltrans
(California Transportation Authority) with
the intent on safety and aesthetics.

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video still: Catherine Cummings

> Update, 2009
fwy2001&9

modified sign with 5 and north (arrow) installed August 5, 2001. The signs were replaced, with the improvements, November 22, 2009

The North and 5 Shield have been
indicated on the new signs, and on
the next two northbound gantries.

The old signs were crushed into
bales and sold to China.

Caltrans awarded the sign removal and installation contract to Peterson/Chase.
Under contract they were to recycle the old signs, and did so with Garcia Recycling in Garden Grove, Ca.

>image gallery

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.
	Digital compiling of six images, showing the installation process photos: Jim Payne >		view from the 3rd street exit ramp

		< photo: Gary Leonard form the 4th St. overpass Los Angeles Downtown News all rights reserved

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Location:
The signs were on Gantry 23100, on the northbound
110 Pasadena Freeway, just before the 3rd St. overpass.
They had been up for 8 years, 3 months and 15 days.

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Ariel view of the 110 Pasadena Freeway
in downtown Los Angeles California.
3rd street bridge above, 4th street bridge
below, Beaudry Street at left, Figueroa on right. Signs are facing northbound traffic
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(Inside Edition) photo: Catherine Cummings

Press
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LA Weekly Dec. 30, 2009
Citizen LA Feb. 2009
LA CityBeat Aug. 6, 2008
KOGO News Radio The Roger Hedgecock Show Nov.14, 2006
Los Angeles Times Sept. 1, 2006
Classic Paint Jobs by Christopher Knight
Times Staff Writer June 21, 2006 click >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

7 of my 15 minutes
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news clips from the list >
(7 min. 13 sec.) 4.18 mb

courtesy of: ABC, CBS, CNN,
KCAL, KCET, KTLA, NBC, UPN
(all rights reserved)

Exhibition: Guerrilla Public Service The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, Ca. (Chinatown) May 18, 2002
basement level: (left) north wall, photography (center) east wall, video projection (right) south wall, documentation (detail) > image gallery click icon, pop up window (2 min. 1 sec.) 829.99 k

^ film poster, click to enlarge		Video: Guerrilla Public Service documentary, 10 min. 2002 Synopsis: An artist disguised as a state employee takes a direct approach to correcting guide signs on the California freeway system. With the manufacture and installation of a duplicate route shield Interstate 5 and directional North signs to aid motorists on the 110 Pasadena freeway in downtown Los Angeles, indicating an exit two miles ahead. An auto-documentation of conceptual, performance, functional and public art, taken to the realm of civic duty. >more >LA Times video (real video) DVD-R: Guerrilla Public Service, (digital remaster) Press Clips, Happy Lion, MetaFilter Blog, (35 min. 22 sec. of video) and four slideshows, price: $30. US currency. (PayPal) tax, shipping and handling included. NSTC or PAL

Web Trailer 2002-6
director's cut for the web, from the
original 10 minute documentary

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vidpanorama
compiled from video shot by Mark Concha

Film Festivals
(Guerrilla Public Service)

2006
Take Off Your Coat. Stay Awhile
Rat Powered Films (USA)

2004
Tarfest (USA)
6 Booths In 7 Weeks (USA)
Singes de nuit Cinema Balzac (Paris, France)
Media City 10 (Canada)
Cinema Society Of San Diego (USA)
Newtown, Reels On Wheels 5 (USA)

2003
Video Mundi (USA)
Aurora Picture Show (USA)
Arizona State University (USA)
Images Festival (Canada)
Resfest (USA, England, Japan, Korea, Africa)

2002
Arizona State University (USA)
Fullerton Grand Central Art Center (USA)
Santa Barbara University (USA)
Bilder Codes, ZKM (Germany-Europe)
Silverlake Film Festival (USA)
LA Freewaves (USA)
Resfest (USA, England, Japan, Korea, Africa)
American Film Institute (USA)
Newtown, Reels On Wheels 3 (USA)

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afi fest
American Film Institute 2002 (USA) Shorts Program 2
program, I.D. badge

zkm
Center for Art and Technology (ZKM)
2002 (Germany) program, dvd

gpscrew
^ video stills: Catherine Cummings

witnesses
^ photos: John Burgardt

Video Credits
Catherine Cummings- camera 1 (Marriott Hotel)
Amy Inouye- camera 2 (4th street bridge)
Mark Concha- camera 3 (car on freeway)
Markus Hayes- camera 3 Driver
Jason Eoff- driver/grip, camera, hand model
Adrian Velicescu c/o Standard- videotape transfer
Jim Payne- digital transfer production
Brian Groenke- digital transfer
Dell Schooley- Marriott Hotel
produced, written, directed, videotaped
and edited by Richard Ankrom

Still Photography
Gary Leonard: 4th street bridge
Jim Payne: 3rd street exit
Iva Hladir: Beaudry street
John Burgardt: artist’s studio

Witnesses
John Burgardt, Edward Colver, Catherine Cummings,
Mark Concha, Markus Hayes, Iva Hladir, Amy Inouye,
Gary Leonard, Andre Miripolsky, Jim Payne,
Maisun Jabban-Payne

^ photos: Jim Payne

Manifest Destiny III	Freeway Signs	Painting	Sculpture	Minimum Wage Poster	For the War Effort