Summary
Photograph of a sign, made and installed by an anonymous artist. It reads "WARNING: CHECKPOINT BARKLY. YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE COVID-FREE SECTOR". The sign was posted on the night of July 5 on the corner of Barkly Street and Summerhill Road, Footscray. The State Government had recently declared a number of suburbs throughout Melbourne as restricted areas due to the high number of COVID-19 virus incidences in those areas, West Footscray being one of these suburbs. The sign was a response by the artist to the conceptual demarkation between the suburb of Footscray, considered then a COVID-19 free sector and West Footscray, a COVID-19 hot spot. The sign was inspired by the layout and design of the Checkpoint Charlie border sign in the Berlin Wall, the crossing point between East and West Germany.
The original Checkpoint Barkly sign is also held in the Museums Victoria collection and was donated by the artist.
Description of Content
Sign 'Checkpoint Barkly' on a pedestrain crossing traffic light pole.
Physical Description
Born Digital Image.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Information & Communication, Medicine & Health, Politics & Society
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Place & Date Depicted
Cnr Barkly Street & Summerhill Road, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 Jul 2020
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Photographer
Lorenzo Iozzi - Museum Victoria, Cnr Barkly Street & Summerhill Road, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 Jul 2020
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Format
Digital file, Colour
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Keywords
Epidemics, Health & Well-Being, Political Comment, Advertising Posters, Street Signage, Signs, Artworks, Multiculturalism, Graphic Design, Pedestrian Crossings
