Signs of Our Times

Robert Castagna [256]

2012-01-23T12:00:00.005-05:00

Robert Castagna
Boston, MA, USA
www.castagnastudio.com

I've attached three pictures for inclusion in your blog "signs of the times". They were taken in October of 2011 in Roxbury MA.

I like to arrive early and photograph city streets with the morning sun and the void of people. The combination of emptiness, sun/shadow allow the true presence of an area to come through.

Diane Pontius [255]

2012-01-10T12:00:00.007-05:00

Diane Pontius
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
http://manymornings.tumblr.com/

Since April 2011, I've been photographing Many Mornings, a photography/video project documenting seasonal changes near my home in Cambridge.

Here are two photos from Many Mornings showing "signs of the times." There are more photos from this project on http://manymornings.tumblr.com

Also, at Mobius, Movie Night(2) on Saturday, January 28, 2012, Spring, a 6-minute video segment of the project, will show.

Jen Munch [254]

2011-12-27T12:00:00.003-05:00

Jen Munch
Somerville, MA, US
jenmunch.com

image 1- Blight. Lowell, MA
image 2- Exit. Triangeln Station, Malmö, Sweden

Huang Min-Chi [253]

2011-12-25T12:00:00.000-05:00

Huang Min-Chi
Taipei City, Taiwan

Title:
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 1 Timothy 3:5

Melanie Hedlund [252]

2011-12-08T12:00:00.001-05:00

Melanie Hedlund
pays taxes in the town where the shot was heard around the world, USA

My parking space is usurped by trees, or would that be sup-planted?

Pamela Gaard [251]

2011-11-20T12:00:00.001-05:00

Pamela Gaard
Minneapolis, MN, USA
www.pamelagaard.com
www.womenspress.com
http://pamelagaard.blogspot.com
https://picasaweb.google.com/pamelagaard
http://belindasubramanpresents.blogspot.com/2009/11/born-in-minneapolis-mn-in-1955.html
http://www.captureminnesota.com/users/pamelagaard

I make (art-) signs; you can see them on my FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150091991633761.270901.679908760&type=3

or, my blog:
http://pamelagaard.blogspot.com/

These are made with acrylic paint on recycled Northwest Airlines dinner trays (pvc).

David Tames [250]

2011-11-01T12:00:00.002-04:00

David Tames
Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
http://kino-eye.com

IBM's Peace, Love, and Linux, photographed on April 20, 2001 9:39 AM in Cambridge, Massachusetts on my way to work in the morning. Was this an ad or sidewalk graffiti? Later in the day I discovered it was a clever ad campaign masterminded by Ogilvy and Mather for IBM's Linux-based e-server, representing the union of the IBM corporate establishment and Linux counter-cultural roots. In several cities including New York and San Francisco city officials complained: usually corporations pay for their ad space. IBM refused to comment on whether the graffiti was illegal or not, however, they eventually pulled the ads. See: Amos Kenigsberg, "Peace, Love, and Marketing," Mother Jones, July 20, 2001, http://motherjones.com/politics/2001/07/peace-love-and-marketing

William Evertson [249]

2011-10-31T12:00:00.004-04:00

William Evertson
East Hampton, CT, USA
http://billevertson.blogspot.com/

From William Evertson's facebook photo album entitled:

Zuccotti Park - Oct.22, 2011

Kitty Katz [248]

2011-10-29T12:00:00.000-04:00

Kitty Katz
Sunnyside, New York
www.kittykatz.photoswarm.com

1. Babber Shop - Jackson Heights, NY. Your secrets are safe with him; he's not a babber-mouth.
2. 1st Fl. open. - Williamsburg, NY
3. Always Closed - Hampton, NJ.

Laurent Molet [247]

2011-10-27T12:00:00.002-04:00

Laurent Molet
Jamioulx, Belgium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurentmolet

Marina Fernežir [246]

2011-10-25T12:00:00.002-04:00

Marina Fernežir
Croatia, 10 000 Zagreb

Photos from one interesting night in Zagreb from the year 2008.

Ian Deleon [245]

2011-10-17T12:00:00.003-04:00

Ian Deleon
Boston, MA, USA
www.iandeleon.com

a weird sign seen in North Adams, MA.

Lillian Helen Graham [244]

2011-10-12T12:00:00.002-04:00

Lillian Helen Graham
Boston, MA, USA
www.lillianhelengraham.com

from a recent trip to Hamburg, Germany

Tobias Wenzel [243]

2011-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00

Tobias Wenzel
Berlin, Germany
http://www.tobias-wenzel.com

(1) nice
(2) nice
(3) nice

Lawrence Charles Miller [242]

2011-10-04T12:00:00.005-04:00

Lawrence Charles Miller
Bellefonte, PA, USA

Stewart Edwards [241]

2011-09-30T12:00:00.002-04:00

Stewart Edwards
Wales, UK
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000749068027&sk=info

Lee Goldberg [240]

2011-09-29T12:00:00.001-04:00

Lee Goldberg
Bell Canyon, CA, USA
http://leegoldbergstudio.com
http://artLAnow.com

I was in the city of Ventura Ca. last week & saw this truck parked on Main st.
it was hard to believe what was written on it..I never saw the owner, but it seems there are few surprises out there - some things just must be shared.

Bina Capadia [239]

2011-09-27T12:00:00.001-04:00

Bina Capadia - Virginia Cappabianca
Buenos Aires, Argentina

"Templo/Temple" - 2000
Oil on table - 0.75 x 1.00 m.

http://www.causalidades-parcialidades.blogspot.com
http://www.trazolimite.blogspot.com
http://www.poliforme-prototipo.blogspot.com
Facebook: Bina Capadia

Pansy [238]

2011-09-12T12:00:00.001-04:00

Pansy
Hong Kong

dangerous game

Danielle Hanrahan [237]

2011-09-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

Danielle Hanrahan
Salem, MA, USA
dhcolor.com

Anahí Aliaga Loreto [236]

2011-09-07T12:00:00.002-04:00

Anahí Aliaga Loreto
Caracas, Venezuela

https://www.facebook.com/anahialiagaloreto

1. Tree (Santiago, Chile. 2011)
2. Condor (Córdoba, Argentina. 2011)
3. You and Me (Santiago, Chile. 2011)

Adamandia Kapsalis [235]

2011-09-06T12:00:00.005-04:00

Adamandia Kapsalis
Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellipsisigh/

Empire S.N.A.F.U Restoration Project [234]

2011-09-05T12:00:00.002-04:00

Empire S.N.A.F.U Restoration Project
Somewhere in Massachusetts, USA
http://www.empiresnafu.org/

1. "Keep off the Berms!"

Sonja Benskin Mesher [233]

2011-09-04T12:00:00.001-04:00

Sonja Benskin Mesher
Dolgellau, Wales, UK
www.sonja-benskin-mesher.com
www.sonja-benskin-mesher.co.uk
video http://www.culturecolony.com/videos?id=5102
Facebook http://on.fb.me/gmUZCB
Twitter http://twitter.com/sonjabm

3. "says it all"

Ria Vanden Eynde [232]

2011-09-03T12:00:00.002-04:00

Ria Vanden Eynde
Leuven, Belgium
http://painting2cancers.blogspot.com/

Tom Plsek [231]

2011-09-02T12:00:00.001-04:00

Tom Plsek
Boston, MA, USA
www.tomplsek.com

Imma Sicurezza [230]

2011-08-31T23:00:00.002-04:00

Imma Sicurezza
Naples, Italy
www.immasicurezza.it

"The 3 photos were taken during the "European Cultural Performance Ecological Archaeology" at Rocca Paolina in Perugia (Italy), May 2011.
These games of "aliens" light are - Hydrophones - electro-acoustic instruments to detect sounds in a liquid, mechanisms that produced music with water.
I thought it was extraordinary the result of something of technology (modern) and something natural and ancient (the water).
A message of Science and Nature together in an friendly ecological way."

Lawrence S Johnson [229]

2011-08-31T22:40:00.003-04:00

Lawrence S Johnson
San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
http://meotod.com
http://lnaaguge.blogspot.com
twitter @lawrnceSjohnson

In the window of a fashionable women’s clothing shop in the Parte Vieja of San Sebastian, Spain

Nikki Lee [228]

2011-08-31T22:20:00.000-04:00

Nikki Lee
Miami, FL, USA
http://twitter.com/#!/leelocin

a Sign in Subway Train. Toronto, Canada

Milivoj Kostic Kole [227]

2011-08-31T22:00:00.001-04:00

Milivoj Kostic Kole
Novi Sad, Serbia
www.vigled.com

TrainSign1 -3

Mark Bloch [226]

2011-08-31T21:40:00.002-04:00

Mark Bloch
New York City, NY, USA
www.panmodern.com

"here are some signs
3 i found and 1 I made
thanks so much"

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KDWdsqE14oQ/SsDiCTp42FI/AAAAAAAAGIo/Bq5k2k3WzQE/s1600-h/mguTwnd0zj1s4u1zseu48D0Zo1_400_large.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KDWdsqE14oQ/Sr_FDTcUDbI/AAAAAAAAGBA/2UjZDifuZzA/s1600-h/tumblr_koqwpxBhCz1qznoe2o1_500_large.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uKmSlZmXAUI/TefIKP2uI9I/AAAAAAAABSY/fFLBPWrcOTk/s1600/asshole-posters.jpeg.jpg

Veronica Frenning [225]

2011-08-31T21:20:00.000-04:00

Veronica Frenning
Brooklyn, NY, USA

1. bus sign in window- ecuador

2. penguin/hand sign- argentina

3. wooden bench- montauk, ny

Rene' West [224]

2011-08-31T21:00:00.001-04:00

Rene' West
Amarillo, TX, USA
www.renewest.net

More images from my project "City Walls" that I submitted last year, #29, on the blog.

The three images are

Cash (Dallas), 2011;
Ox (Atlanta), 2010; and
Police (Birmingham) 2010.

They are all straight photographs and each contain some aspect of a sign that has been tagged, distressed, etc.

Adam Zucker [223]

2011-08-31T12:00:00.002-04:00

Adam Zucker
New York, NY, USA
www.adamzucker.com

Icons of our times:
These are iconography that I have created by re-imagining existing street signs common in many countries that can apply to contemporary life in most major cities around the world.

Snob Crossing
9-5 xing
$hop Sign

William Evertson [222]

2011-08-31T06:00:00.000-04:00

William Evertson
East Hampton, CT, USA
http://billevertson.blogspot.com/

East Hampton, CT

Uploaded onto facebook on August 29, 2011 into William Evertson's "After Irene" photo album while he was still dealing with loss of power due to Hurricane Irene which blew through the East Coast of the United States in late August 2011.

Peppe Esposito [221]

2011-08-30T18:00:00.003-04:00

Peppe Esposito
Napoli, Italia
http://esposito.exibart.com

Titolo: Autoritratto con molti libri

Tecnica: Fotografia

I libri…segni di ogni tempo

Milanka Bunard [220]

2011-08-30T12:00:00.002-04:00

Milanka Bunard
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://milankabunard.com

LuAnn T. Palazzo [219]

2011-08-30T06:00:00.000-04:00

LuAnn T. Palazzo
Islip, NY, USA
www.thedesigndiva.net
thedesigndivany.blogspot.com
www.abad-23.blogspot.com

Tuscon, AZ 2010. I just love the creepy relationship between the words and the stenciled image.

Susan Shulman [218]

2011-08-29T12:00:00.004-04:00

Susan Shulman
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
http://www.susanshulman.com/

Fuk the Big "C"

Chad Sines [217]

2011-08-29T06:00:00.000-04:00

Chad Sines
Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Born 1974

Suggestions of rescue only serve as a reminder. In deconstructing the realities, we reveal a changing configuration. Daily existence manifests resultant of the fate of man, in filtering this, we gain a better understanding as the role of repetition is paramount. Has the apocalypse already happened? While the objects are randomly associated with each other, discarded and nontraditional materials give new contextualization and serve as components in a larger work. In exchanging ideas, traditional notions of painting and support, overall use is to serve as metaphors in an effort to reclaim and salvage forgone personal hopes , aspirations and relationships, in cataloging and decoding the past. In the aspect of survival, we are left searching through the desecrated and abandoned desolated urban landscape, once filled with the vigor of human civilization. Scavengers reduced to survivalism, are overcome by the catastrophe. What is left is challenge, overwhelming experience that cuts as a threat to man’s own hand in the existence of life for mankind. Once thriving and considered as the highest functioning and dominant form of life, it is the modern evolution- resultant hominid that is left to histrionics from the monstrosity of nature. The only force left to stabilize and preserve society is that played by the hero. It is only through heroism that humanity may be saved and preserved in structure and functionality. Reform is necessity to rise from the ashes of desecration and through selflessness it is the hero that manifests.

Ginny Lloyd [216]

2011-08-28T18:00:00.005-04:00

Ginny Lloyd
Jupiter, FL USA
http://ginnylloyd.blogspot.com
http://artistampmuseum.blogspot.com

All three are from the Sedona, AZ USA area. The first is a cowboy and cattle shown in petroglyphs. The second is a story about the place the locals held in the universe. The last is a maker for a trail typical of the southwest.

Jane Wang [215]

2011-08-28T12:00:00.004-04:00

Jane Wang
Boston, MA, USA
www.mobius.org

Cathy McLaurin [214]

2011-08-27T12:00:00.000-04:00

Cathy McLaurin
Danville, NH, US
http://cathymclaurin.blogspot.com/

1. Rotterdam, Netherlands
2. Glasgow, Scotland
3. Sawry, England

Karl Stephan [213]

2011-08-26T12:00:00.001-04:00

Karl Stephan
Cambridge MA USA
http://www.karlstephanart.com

"W: My Bad Y'all" Seen in Lowell, Massachusetts August 2011.

Lee Goldberg [212]

2011-08-25T00:00:00.004-04:00

Lee Goldberg
Los Angeles, CA, USA
http://leegoldbergstudio.com
http://artLAnow.com

This was taken in a small town in the UK.

Joana Roberto [211]

2011-08-24T12:00:00.002-04:00

Joana Roberto
London, United Kingdom
http://joana-roberto.yolasite.com/

The image attached is a photograph of a drawing which is part of "The Ancestry Archive" - series of drawings, made of carbon paper marks on paper (2011, Joana Roberto).

The drawing is based on an aviator badge, an insignia that is used in most of the world’s militaries to designate those who have received training and qualification in military aviation. The symbol is also known as Pilot’s Badge, or Pilot Wings and was first conceived to recognize trained military aviators and to provide differentiation between military pilots and the “foot soldiers” of the regular ground forces.

Francisco Xavier [210]

2011-08-23T12:00:00.005-04:00

Francisco Xavier
Montes Claros/ MG/ Brazil
www.epifaniar.blogspot.com

Traço de rua.

Margaret Honda [209]

2011-08-22T12:00:00.000-04:00

Margaret Honda
Los Angeles, CA, USA
http://margarethonda.wordpress.com

Traffic signage, Culver City, CA

Cathy Nolan Vincevic [208]

2011-08-21T12:00:00.001-04:00

Cathy Nolan Vincevic
Deerfield, NH, USA
http://www.mobius.org/artist/cathy-nolan

Benjamin J. Ostiguy [207]

2011-08-20T12:00:00.003-04:00

Benjamin J. Ostiguy
Northampton, MA, USA

Statement: Ignsay elatedray otay onstructioncay alongway ethay Orwottucknay Ailray Ailtray, encounteredway ilewhay idingray ymay ikebay otay orkway.

Ignacio Pérez Pérez [206]

2011-08-19T12:00:00.001-04:00

Ignacio Pérez Pérez
Caracas, Venezuela
http://antesdenadaydespuesdetodo.net

1. NO MAN'S LAND, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.

2. AMOR Y MUERTE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.

3. CALAVERITA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.

Caroline Parks [205]

2011-08-18T12:00:00.002-04:00

Caroline Parks
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Hammer Time! Taken in Hyannis, MA

Patrick Nicastro [204]

2011-08-17T12:00:00.000-04:00

Patrick Nicastro
Gatineau, Québec, Canada

The photo was taken in Audenge in France. Wasn't sure for the Pippi
Longstocking hairstyle.

Milan Kohout [203]

2011-08-15T12:00:00.000-04:00

Milan Kohout, Ing
Plzen, Czech Republic
http://www.mobius.org/blog/11
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiusorg/sets/72157625733673264/

Hello dear comrades
Here is my performance dealing with the stupid idea of the borders created artificially by us, idiotic people ( ooooh the foreiner you must shit when you are entering the boarders of the great empire called uuuusssssaaaaaa ) .
I did it exactly on the border (the stream of the brook-between germany and czech republic. The sign says: Attention. The state borders are created by the stream of the brook. I alternated it to" stream of the thoughts".
Greetings from Plzen
Have a nice anarchistic dream.
Milan

Tim Devin [202]

2011-08-12T12:00:00.004-04:00

Tim Devin
Somerville, MA, USA
www.timdevin.com

These signs are part of a series of street surveys I've been putting up around town. Each asks a question about community or public space that people can answer by removing a slip of paper at the bottom. More of these signs can be seen here: http://timdevin.com/broadsides-streetsurveys.html

Willie Marlowe [201]

2011-08-10T12:00:00.000-04:00

Willie Marlowe
Albany, NY, USA
http://www.williemarlowe.com

1. Chemical Burnoff - Marghera

Heather Dea Jennings [200]

2011-08-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

Heather Dea Jennings
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
http://www.reverbnation.com/thehdjprojectoprojetohdj

1. The picture of the car with legs says in Portuguese "Come Car Auto Wash" but it has a double entendre because of the pronunciation of "car" in Portuguese sounding like the one of the ways to say "here" (cá), so it also says "Come Here Auto Wash".

2. The billboard says "Whichever way, you read"

3. The stop sign says "STOP eating animals"

Elizabeth Shores [199]

2011-08-04T12:00:00.002-04:00

Elizabeth Shores
Iowa City, IA, USA

1. Taken in Hebron, January 2011

2. 'merry Xmas world from Bethlehem ghetto'
Bethlehem, 01/2011

3. Guernica/Palestina
'Victory attained by violence is equal to defeat, for it is momentary.' -Mahatma Gandhi
Separation wall in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem. January 2011.

Heather Kapplow [198]

2011-08-03T12:00:00.001-04:00

Heather Kapplow
Allston, MA, USA

This was taken by the waterfont in the very beautiful town of Kuopio, Finland. The town posted many signs like this one in surprising places to remind visitors and citizens of their mortality and their impending disappearence from all memory. Each sign has a different animal, plant, or human shape fading into whiteness. Coming from the Northeast of the US, where most signs are related to parking, I found this a very moving public service.

Karenann Layton [197]

2011-08-02T12:00:00.004-04:00

Karenann Layton
Ruskin, Florida, USA

'complacent bird'

Newpapers from St Petersburg Florida circa 1946

Damien Crisp [196]

2011-08-01T12:00:00.002-04:00

Damien Crisp
Manhattan, New York, USA
http://www.damiencrisp.com
http://society-society.com/
http://unknownjournal.wordpress.com/

The images I post to Facebook are the first draft of a book of images documenting my life in 2011. The book is straightforward, a document, and will be titled "Cellphone Images 2011". It is automatic real time dependent on chance and willfully basic.

2. A subdivision built around a nondenominational mega-church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The land is segregated from adjacent residential and commercial zones by accidental barricades: an interstate and other structural fragments. An enclosed system; power & space. No windows.

Joleen Westerdale [195]

2011-07-30T12:00:00.002-04:00

Joleen Westerdale
Norfolk, VA, USA

John Roberts [194]

2011-07-29T12:00:00.003-04:00

John Roberts
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales , UK
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634081425

Taken at the Royal Welsh Show.

Photo says it all.

Jodie Hale [193]

2011-07-28T12:00:00.000-04:00

Jodie Hale
Newton, MA, USA

Kitty Katz [192]

2011-07-27T12:00:00.000-04:00

Kitty Katz
Sunnyside, New York
www.kittykatz.photoswarm.com

1. Cat Soup, Williamsburg, NY
2. Patriotic Storage, Long Island City, NY
3. Kitty's Auto School...and more, Crown Heights, NY

We are constantly receiving messages from the universe but are often too preoccupied with our daily routines to hear or see them. Sometimes we smile, acknowledge their presence but choose to ignore the advice they carry, while at other times we just don't know how to interpret the information. Occasionally, the message is so literal, graphic and compelling that we have to pay attention. Signs are all around us waiting to be taken at face value...or not.

Stewart Edwards [191]

2011-07-25T12:00:00.001-04:00

Stewart Edwards
Wales, UK
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000749068027&sk=info

Word Strike Action Committee [190]

2011-07-23T12:00:00.005-04:00

Word Strike Action Committee
New York, NY, USA
http://panmodern.com/wordstrike.html

This was the voting form used in the referendum held from 9 to 15 January 2011 allowing South Sudan to become an independent state on 9 July 2011 at midnight (00:00) local time. After several decades of a civil war that was one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the latter 20th century (the First Sudanese Civil War and the Second Sudanese Civil War), a peace agreement known as the Naivasha Agreement was signed on January 9, 2005, giving autonomy to the state of South Sudan.

Alison Safford [189]

2011-07-22T12:00:00.003-04:00

Alison Safford
Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
alisonsafford.com

1. American Aggressors: from the Museum of Communism in Prague (above a McDonald's just to make sure Lenin is spinning in his box)

2. Hell Toast: from a restaurant in Prague, no idea what it means, but of course I want some. Didn't think toast had it in it.

3. Duck Tour: Was on the Corridor in Jamaica Plain, someone had spray painted FUCK YOU, and some optimist came along and corrected it to read DUCK TOUR, twisting the mean aggression (by an American Aggressor no doubt) into something that made me laugh every time I walked by.

Mara Thompson [188]

2011-07-21T12:00:00.002-04:00

Mara Thompson
Santa Monica, CA, USA
http://www.mythmara.com/

Leora Lutz [187]

2011-07-20T12:00:00.004-04:00

Leora Lutz
Santa Monica, CA, USA
http://www.leoralutz.com/public-art-installations.html

"signals"
felt, thread and sisal
1080" x 12"
Santa Monica 18th Street Arts Center
2011

A conceptual piece comprised of an imaginary abstract alphabet.
The "letters" spell out a haiku:

streams of thought carry
inquiry that wraps around
river's pebbly path

The detail spells out the word "pebbly".

Ruben van Klaveren [186]

2011-07-19T12:00:00.004-04:00

Ruben van Klaveren
Amsterdam, North-Holland, the Netherlands
www.wix.com/rubenvan/klaveren

I am interested in the blank slate that can be formed by the recombination of conventional signs,
this recombination can scramble meaning and open up the doors for new interpretation.
A re-evaluation of the message of the sign.

Joanne Kaliontzis [185]

2011-07-18T12:00:00.005-04:00

Joanne Kaliontzis
Boston, MA, USA
www.jkali.com

Surface Art
I encountered this sign when traversing the construction-filled streets of Boston during the Big Dig construction project.
The actual location was near the Aquarium as I recall.

I was delighted to see that the City of Boston had an active public art plan during construction, although they claimed to not know anything about it when I sent a note of thanks with this photo to the Arts and Tourism office...

Sadly the sign is gone as is the ugly overpass that had shadowed the city for too many years...

Christa Klinckwort [184]

2011-07-17T12:00:00.001-04:00

Christa Klinckwort
Mexico City, Mexico
http://www.cklinckwort.com/ck/

Description
1. MONTREAL-CANADA
"For me too?"

2. VERACRUZ-MEXICO
"Up??"

3. VERACRUZ-MEXICO
"I Will trust only to persons of 200 years with their parents"

Max Lord [183]

2011-07-16T12:00:00.003-04:00

Max Lord
Boston, MA, USA
http://www.ghostgrass.com/
http://www.mobius.org/user/28

Karen Krolak [182]

2011-07-15T12:00:00.003-04:00

Karen Krolak
Somerville, MA - USA
Monkeyhouse Founder/Artistic Director
www.MonkeyhouseLovesMe.com
www.conversingwithchoreographers.blogspot.com

While attending a workshop with Simone Forti in Orvieto, Italy, I tumbled into love with psychogeography. Sometimes my meandering evolves into movement phrases, textile pieces, poetic texts, or soundscapes. Other days I merely gather images on my phone to send as silly missives to friends.

For the love of pigs and chickens, I can not remember where I happened upon the first sign. It instantly reminded me of the first pages of The Little Prince. About a year later, I was in San Francisco performing with Anne Bluethenthal. I found the missing snake notice fluttering among some signs for sublets on a telephone pole near her home. I was charmed by the description of spots under the chin as if the average passer-by might stop and snuggle up to it like a puppy or a kitten.

Gary A. Bibb [181]

2011-07-14T12:00:00.002-04:00

Gary A. Bibb
Denver, CO, USA
garyabibb-art.blogspot.com

"Some signs present visual experiences which transcend their literal meaning." Gary A. Bibb

Joanne Dougan [180]

2011-07-13T12:00:00.005-04:00

Joanne Dougan
Boston, MA, USA

I am the Founder and President of Plan C Strategies: Boot Camp for Your Entire Life. I take photos with my iPhone. Signs and license plates are my favorites. I have many, many, but selected three as requested.

1. On their cell phones all the time, rude and obnoxious...just like adults.
Essex, MA 7/11

2. Now I know how to get rid of The Man...sweater back waxing.
Brighton, MA 6/11

3. As seen in the Public Garden
Boston, MA 9/09

nowhere [179]

2011-07-12T12:00:00.001-04:00

nowhere
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
www.unlessyougotlostonpurpose.blogspot.com

The photos selected are from a series of digital manipulations sourced from the obsequious street markings utility repairmen line our streets with. I have long been fascinated by the language they use and the visual noise it creates. Taken out of context, they speak a new language whispered only to the viewer.

Katie Lee Mansfield and Tim Haley [178]

2011-07-11T12:00:00.001-04:00

Katie Lee Mansfield and Tim Haley
Newburgh, NY, USA
katiemansfield.com

Two images from the blog:

guyandhowie.blogspot.com

which contains documentation of an ongoing signage project.

Yaron Shragai [177]

2011-07-09T12:00:00.002-04:00

Yaron Shragai
Waltham, MA, USA

Maudslay State Park

J.D.A. Winslow [176]

2011-07-08T12:00:00.001-04:00

J.D.A. Winslow
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
jdawinslow.tumblr.com

Sonja Benskin Mesher [175]

2011-07-07T12:00:00.003-04:00

Margaret Bellafiore [174]

2011-07-06T12:00:00.004-04:00

Margaret Bellafiore
Weymouth, MA, USA
http://www.mobius.org/artist/margaret-bellafiore

1. Sign posted in front of lot in Central Square area of Cambridge, MA
Inferring police brutality with correction by grammar police!

2. Photographed by Margaret Bellafiore
outside the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT

R Marlowe [173]

2011-07-05T12:00:00.006-04:00

R Marlowe
Helena, MT, USA
http://studioroma.com/apollo

1. Hamilton, a town on Montana 93 south, traveling from Missoula to the Salmon River. We did a u-turn to take the shot. Once past the towns, the scenery is unbelievably spectacular. And so much is uninhabited! Last great places, indeed. Tucked into these vast spaces are people who might be the last of the American Individualists, if there ever really were any, living a rough, honest, and surprisingly compassionate life far away from the madding crowd.

2. The ad also tickles me for its terrible line break.

3. Emblematic of who co-exists here in Montana

Danielle Hanrahan [172]

2011-07-02T12:00:00.001-04:00

Danielle Hanrahan
Salem, MA, USA
dhcolor.com

1. "Rats, Rats"
Berlin, Germany 2011

2. "Mexico"
Exhibit on the Berlin wall on a section of the Berlin wall
Berlin, Germany 2011

3. "Uncle Sam"
Berlin, Germany 2011

James Zall [171]

2011-07-01T12:00:00.000-04:00

James Zall
Cambridge, Massachusetts
www.jameszall.com

1. Distress
2. Perish
3. Anytime

Eric Mueller [170]

2011-06-30T12:00:00.000-04:00

Eric Mueller
New York, New York, USA
www.element-group.net

I discovered this at my favorite BBQ place in Tennessee. The sunlight through the sign makes me think the restaurant is forever in a quantum state of being both closed AND open. Since people often wait over an hour on site before it opens each day, this is fairly telling.

Guadalupe Urrutia [169]

2011-06-29T12:00:00.001-04:00

Guadalupe Urrutia
MEXICO
http://www.autorretratodemisilencio.blogspot.com

2. translation:
MR. DRIVER.
In this neighborhood there is no spare child.
DRIVE SLOWLY

Burns Maxey [168]

2011-06-28T12:00:00.001-04:00

Burns Maxey
Easthampton, MA, USA
http://projectelementseasthampton.com/about.html
http://www.mobius.org/user/38

Kathleen McHugh [167]

2011-06-27T12:00:00.002-04:00

Kathleen McHugh
Seattle, Washington, USA
mchughart.net

Joshua CJG Robinson [166]

2011-06-25T12:00:00.000-04:00

Joshua CJG Robinson
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
www.jcjgr.com

Having worked in a signage company for a short while I had access to misprints and other trash that could be manipulated into funny things to hang about the home and workplace.

Grant Smith [165]

2011-06-24T12:00:00.001-04:00

Grant Smith
Boston, MA, USA
http://www.grantleysmith.com/
http://www.mobius.org/user/30

Eva Brunner [164]

2011-06-23T12:00:00.001-04:00

Eva Brunner
Berlin, Germany
www.evabrunner.com
http://evabrunner-photography.blogspot.com

Montparnasse Station in Paris - our desire to travel or to fly away - to wander off to new worlds.

David Miller [163]

2011-06-21T12:00:00.002-04:00

David Miller
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, US

1. Attached to a barrier overlooking the train tracks near my home. I haven't checked lately to see if either a fool or genius has discovered Fancy Lad.

2. Suddenly appeared at a bus stop. Beware of the bus, or of the Customer Bill of Rights? Or just in general?

3. Inverted crosses. This appeared opposite a local church (behind the trees) near my subway station. And a nearby emergency.

Scott Rummler [162]

2011-06-16T18:00:00.000-04:00

Scott Rummler
Brooklyn, NY, USA
rummlerx.com

Lorimer Street is the informal dividing line between the trendy and the edgy parts of Brooklyn. I pass by it often, but one night it jumped out at me and I wasn't sure why. The next day, I looked at the picture I had taken, and what struck me were the crossroads, people going different ways, boundaries, people not sure where they are going, in and out, heading toward hope, toward destiny, etc, all mixed together.

Gray Projects [161]

2011-06-13T18:00:00.004-04:00

Gray Projects
Berlin, Germany
www.grayprojects.net

Titles:
"CCTV," from Hazards of Modern Living
"Phone Explode," from Hazards of Modern Living
"Falling Rocks," from Hazards of Modern Living

Hazards of Modern Living

Created by appropriating actual warning signs, "Hazards of Modern Living"
comments on the culture of fear in the post-9/11 era.

At times absurd or chilling, the signs caution us to avoid dangers such as
lightning, falling planes, and drowning
—as well as apparently innocuous objects like forks, clocks and sad books.

Angela Ferrara [160]

2011-06-10T18:00:00.004-04:00

Angela Ferrara
Sao Paulo, Brazil
angelaferrara.com

Onde está Wei? Where is Wei? Òu-est Wei? ¿Dónde está Wei? 魏子傑在哪裡? Hvor er Wei?
The outdoor sculpture exhibition "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads" by
Ai Weiwei at Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza.

Anonymous [159]

2011-06-09T18:00:00.001-04:00

Anonymous
Somewhere in the United States

Jennifer Weigel [158]

2011-06-08T18:00:00.001-04:00

Jennifer Weigel
St. Louis, MO USA
http://jenniferweigelart.com/
http://chaoticblacksheep.blogspot.com/

photographs taken in Columbia, MO USA

Diane Gaudreau [157]

2011-06-07T18:00:00.003-04:00

Diane Gaudreau
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Discovered in the employee parking lot of a high end resort in New Zealand.........