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Outside an abandoned building in New Zealand\u2019s second-biggest city, a sign reads \u201cslightly haunted but manageable\u201d. In the middle of a busy shopping strip, pedestrians are warned to keep to a 2.83km\/h walking speed. In another part of the Christchurch, one piece of signage declares simply \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d.<\/p>\n
The baffling boards are not an overzealous new council initiative, but a piece of art designed to \u201cplay with the way we take authority and signage so seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n
Despite resembling official Christchurch city council signs, the \u201cChristchurch city confusion\u201d warnings are the work of artist Cameron Hunt.<\/p>\n \u201cThe idea was to make signs that look official, but with completely absurd messages, therefore creating moments of confusion, followed by little bursts of joy,\u201d Hunt told the Guardian.<\/p>\n Hunt erected six signs around the city centre, as part of the Little Street art festival early this month. Each was conceived with a specific location in mind.<\/p>\n \u201cWatching people interact with the signs has been awesome,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cThere have also been a few grumpy people who\u2019ve joked about writing to the council about these \u2018ridiculous signs\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n The council, however, is thrilled.<\/p>\n \u201cHunt\u2019s signs are truly delightful,\u201d said Kiri Jarden, the council\u2019s principal adviser for community arts. \u201cWe totally support artists using humour to gently interrupt and engage passersby.\u201d<\/p>\n People have been taking photos, sharing them online, and turning the signs into a treasure hunt, Hunt said. In some instances, people have posted their confusion to social media, only to be promptly informed the signs are tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n One Reddit user posted an image to the site asking if the walking speed limit sign was \u201cfor real?\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m naturally a fast walker so a bit concerned,\u201d they wrote, prompting a wave of replies.<\/p>\n \u201cJust because it\u2019s a confusing prank how does that constitute art?\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n Another said: \u201cTo the person who made and installed this sign: well done, one of the greatest pieces of guerrilla art I\u2019ve ever seen. The fact that somebody even fell for it just makes it so much better.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunt hopes his work challenges people stop and notice their surroundings.<\/p>\n \u201cEach piece is a small, interactive moment for people, sparking curiosity and conversation in a way that murals or graffiti cannot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n #Slightly #haunted #manageable #signs #confusion #delight #Christchurch #Zealand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Outside an abandoned building … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}