Signs of Our Times
An online study of signs, especially as means of language or miscommunication

DEADLINE:  September 5th, 2010 for Mobius Exhibition; no deadline for ongoing blog
An international call for 4x6 works in .jpeg format only, sent via internet to be:
   1. Displayed on The Signs of Our Times blog for posterity
   2. Works submitted by September 5th, 2010 (23:59 hours) will be compiled into a
       yet to be determined form (slide show or video most likely)
       as part of a group exhibition which will take place September 17-25, 2010
       at Mobius in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
All properly formatted works will be accepted; this is not a juried show.
You may submit up to 3 works.

INTENT:
Have you ever been walking, bicycling, driving, sitting in a bus or train and suddenly seen a sign which made you do a double take? or seen a sign whose meaning escaped you or initially gave you pause and then perhaps you comprehended its meaning or didn't? or a sign which made no sense at all?  or a sign that just made you laugh or cry hysterically for some unfathomable reason?
This call is about those puzzling/surreal/emotionally evocative signs of our times.  "Of our times" is defined as either drawing from your own personal experience/history or the collective's present, near past or imagined future.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:
Please submit one of the following:

• a photograph of an actual sign with or without text in any language and with or without other accompanying information/text/graphics,
• photograph of a work in any media which is your interpretation or memory of an actual sign with or without accompanying information/text/graphics
• an imaginary sign which may or may not contain text in any language which would prove thought-provoking or puzzling or even humorous to another observer of your imagined sign.  In this last case, the actual jpeg file might actually BE the sign if you wish OR you can submit a photograph of the sign you created in some other media.

In essence, the actual signs may be real or something created or manipulated by you in any media but the actual work you submit must be in the form of a jpeg file sent via the internet.

SUBMIT: 
Please email the following to:     Jane @ mobius.org
(boldface items are required):

1. Your name (as you would like it listed on the blog)
2. Your city, province/state, country
3. an attached jpeg file, approximately: 300 dpi, 1800x1200, 756 KB
4. Your Website and/or blog link
5. Description/anecdote about the sign if you like in any language (100 words or less please).

Once I receive your submission, I will post your jpeg file and information asap on
http://mobius-signsofourtimes.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.