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Lisaruth: removed billborad improvement as category

2009-01-19T08:55:05Z

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Ccarlsson: Protected "Aim High": personal account [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-04T07:54:24Z

Protected "Aim High": personal account [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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Ccarlsson: PC and protected

2009-01-04T07:54:13Z

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:art1$aim-high.jpg]]		[[Image:art1$aim-high.jpg]]

	'''Aim High Billboard alteration''' ~~(Seattle)~~		'''Aim High Billboard alteration'''

	Once upon a time there were 5 tree planters from a local cooperative who, having worked very hard, took a vacation in Seattle. They saw a billboard which had a very phallic jet aircraft torquing across the sign with the caption "Aim High." So they did.		Once upon a time there were 5 tree planters from a local cooperative who, having worked very hard, took a vacation in Seattle. They saw a billboard which had a very phallic jet aircraft torquing across the sign with the caption "Aim High." So they did.
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	By noon the board had been covered with the same sign. It looked great ... until the next winter rain, when the added letters ghosted through the wet paper: next to "Aim High" were the words "Blow Up The Pentagon!"		By noon the board had been covered with the same sign. It looked great ... until the next winter rain, when the added letters ghosted through the wet paper: next to "Aim High" were the words "Blow Up The Pentagon!"

	--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''		--- ''Med-O, writing in [http://www.processedworld.com Processed World] #25''

	[[Public Arts Programs in the 1930s \| Prev. Document]] [[Yun Gee's Chinatown \| Next Document]]		[[Public Arts Programs in the 1930s \| Prev. Document]] [[Yun Gee's Chinatown \| Next Document]]

	[[category:Public Art]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:Billboard Improvement]]		[[category:Public Art]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:Billboard Improvement]] [[category:Dissent]]

Ccarlsson: categories

2008-08-08T00:59:02Z

Ccarlsson at 00:33, 8 August 2008

2008-08-08T00:33:13Z

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	Aim High Billboard alteration (Seattle)		'''Aim High Billboard alteration''' (Seattle)

	Once upon a time there were 5 tree planters from a local cooperative who, having worked very hard, took a vacation in Seattle. They saw a billboard which had a very phallic jet aircraft torquing across the sign with the caption "Aim High." So they did.		Once upon a time there were 5 tree planters from a local cooperative who, having worked very hard, took a vacation in Seattle. They saw a billboard which had a very phallic jet aircraft torquing across the sign with the caption "Aim High." So they did.
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	--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''		--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''

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Ccarlsson at 22:31, 7 August 2008

2008-08-07T22:31:53Z

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	People went onto the board, measured and got color samples. They pasted red painted letters onto white butcher paper, got squeegees and other gear, and one evening rush hour they posted a person at one end of the freeway bridge next to the board, and another near an on-ramp in the opposite direction; all armed with walkie-talkies. The others wheat-pasted the paper onto the sign.		People went onto the board, measured and got color samples. They pasted red painted letters onto white butcher paper, got squeegees and other gear, and one evening rush hour they posted a person at one end of the freeway bridge next to the board, and another near an on-ramp in the opposite direction; all armed with walkie-talkies. The others wheat-pasted the paper onto the sign.

	Most observers were amused; the others were much more emphatic, even hostile. One father-son team got out and demanded that the crew "COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!" The young vandals explained that they just had a job to do and ignored these "Love it or Leave It" types. The traffic flow soon compelled the all-~~american~~ duo to leave; indeed, it was so heavy that even with immediate warning -- had cellular phones been invented -- the cops would have taken minutes to arrive.		Most observers were amused; the others were much more emphatic, even hostile. One father-son team got out and demanded that the crew "COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!" The young vandals explained that they just had a job to do and ignored these "Love it or Leave It" types. The traffic flow soon compelled the all-American duo to leave; indeed, it was so heavy that even with immediate warning -- had cellular phones been invented -- the cops would have taken minutes to arrive.

	Within 15 minutes the sign was corrected and our heroes departed, leaving their spattered overalls and equipment in a friend's boat, which was anchored in one of the city's canals.		Within 15 minutes the sign was corrected and our heroes departed, leaving their spattered overalls and equipment in a friend's boat, which was anchored in one of the city's canals.
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	--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''		--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''

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2007-10-07T21:47:04Z

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Unknown user at 00:00, 15 January 2001

2001-01-15T00:00:00Z

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[[Image:art1$aim-high.jpg]]

Aim High Billboard alteration (Seattle)

Once upon a time there were 5 tree planters from a local cooperative who, having worked very hard, took a vacation in Seattle. They saw a billboard which had a very phallic jet aircraft torquing across the sign with the caption "Aim High." So they did.

People went onto the board, measured and got color samples. They pasted red painted letters onto white butcher paper, got squeegees and other gear, and one evening rush hour they posted a person at one end of the freeway bridge next to the board, and another near an on-ramp in the opposite direction; all armed with walkie-talkies. The others wheat-pasted the paper onto the sign.

Most observers were amused; the others were much more emphatic, even hostile. One father-son team got out and demanded that the crew "COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!" The young vandals explained that they just had a job to do and ignored these "Love it or Leave It" types. The traffic flow soon compelled the all-american duo to leave; indeed, it was so heavy that even with immediate warning -- had cellular phones been invented -- the cops would have taken minutes to arrive.

Within 15 minutes the sign was corrected and our heroes departed, leaving their spattered overalls and equipment in a friend's boat, which was anchored in one of the city's canals.

To celebrate they sought out a local bar, whose tinted windows turned out to have a commanding view of the scene of the crime. As they entered it was clear that virtually everyone had watched them; they were fingered ... and the room broke into cheers.

They had relaxed for perhaps 20 minutes when the police arrived like gangbusters, looking for people to assist them in their inquiries. As nobody had seen a thing, the cops left.

By noon the board had been covered with the same sign. It looked great ... until the next winter rain, when the added letters ghosted through the wet paper: next to "Aim High" were the words "Blow Up The Pentagon!"

--- ''Med-O, writing in Processed World #25''

[[Public Arts Programs in the 1930s Prev. Document]] [[Analysis Next Document]]

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