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| DIRECTIONS FOR USE an outdoor installation October 06 - March 07 at The Lot 812 Chapel Street Creative counsel and installation assistance - Harrison Judd, FutureHistory Fabrication and installation design assistance - Paige Howarth, Graphics Workshop |
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| Directions For Use uses customized traffic signs,vinyl banners and transit images to offer suggestions for safe, creative use of The Lot, a project of ArtSpace New Haven. The Lot is a public space located at 812 Chapel Street dedicated to public art installations that enliven and energize downtown New Haven’s 9th Square. Directions for Use was installed at The Lot from October, 2006 through March, 2007, providing colorful and humorous “directions” on how the space can best be used. Directions For Use makd its visual statement in several ways. Customized street signs, installed throughout the space, mimic official signage with unexpected and reassuring messages like “Play” “Meet Here” “Say Hello” “Celebrate” and “Rough Road Ends”. A large, colorful vinyl banner on the back wall of The Lot, served as a "key" to the meaning of the project. Visible from the street, this banner signaled drivers and pedestrians that The Lot was open for the business of rest, relaxation and celebration. A vinyl mesh canopy hung overhead projecting shadows of sign imagery onto the ground and creating a centerpiece for the space. And finally, images from Directions for Use appeared on New Haven city buses for two months, from October – December 2006, bringing its images to all areas of the city and inviting a city-wide audience to visit the space. Bus poster space was generously provided by CTTRANSIT |
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10/11/06 View from Chapel Street
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9/18/06 CT Transit - New Haven City Buses promoting Directions for Use
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Vinyl Mesh Canopy (above) with ground shadows (below)
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Vinyl Banner (above) and customized street signs (below)
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