Absurd in Public documentation
Channel: aya karpińska
Date: 21/11/2017

Soundscape to accompany the project "Absurd in Public," creatively interpreting the language of street signage to highlight how communities form spontaneous social codes. 

Standard royalty-free pictograms were combined, digitally manipulated, and printed onto acual road signs. The four signs were placed in a public park. I dressed up as a Department of Transportation (DOT) surveyor, claiming these new signs were soon to be installed and that I was researching public interpretations of their meaning. I also solicited interpretations online via QR codes on each sign that linked to a website form. It was commissioned for the Remediating the Social conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.