![]() “I saw the original ‘Hollyweed’ sign on my buddy's' Instagram and wondered if it was just a digital alteration,” Fernandez told Vice. The two artists had even added ”a tribute to Mr. Times (which was certain he was a vandal), Finegood noted that he hadn’t caused any damage to the sign, adding that his goal as an artist was “to create representations of the culture he exists in” and that he was successful in changing "people's perception of the Hollywood Sign.” As for Sunday's incident, Madison told LAist that it was not considered an act of vandalism, as the sign wasn’t damaged instead, the perpetrator had committed an act of trespassing.įernandez cites Finegood as a major inspiration for the project, and notes that his project was a direct form of homage to the original Hollyweed. In 1991, Finegood emabrked on his final piece, turning the sign into “Oil War” as commentary on the Gulf War.Īfter his “Hollyweed” stunt, Finegood rebuked characterizations of him as a vandal. Ten years later, Finegood would scale the hills once again to spell “Ollywood,” a protest of Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Oliver North as the Iran-Contra hearings were taking place. At the time, Finegood was an art student at Cal State Northridge, and the stunt apparently earned him an "A" on a class assignment. The first incident happened on Janu(exactly 41 years before Sunday’s incident), with Finegood altering the sign to read, yes, “Hollyweed,” which was, yes, in response to the enactment of a more relaxed marijuana laws in California. From the ’70s to the ‘90s, Daniel Finegood made a name for himself by tampering with the sign on numerous occasions. This isn’t the first time that the Hollywood sign has been tampered with. The LAPD had also yet to identify the person in said footage. Before the Vice interview was published, Drake Madison, a public information officer with the LAPD, told LAist that there is footage of a person “dressed in black,” but he could not confirm if this footage was taken by one of the trust’s cameras. It is interesting, then, that the culprit(s) had somehow eluded detection. Additional security include fencing and a 24 hour guard station nearby. The cameras, while funded by the trust, are operated by the LAPD. Chris Baumgart, chairman of the trust, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday that the non-profit group will look into “deploying additional technology to tighten up surveillance.”īetsy Isroelit, a spokesperson for the trust, told LAist that there are over 30 cameras installed in the area around the sign. ![]() The act has led the Hollywood Sign Trust, which is tasked with preserving the sign, to review the measures they take in safeguarding the area. ![]()
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