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L'exposition se tiendra en avril 2018 au Holon Institute of Technology (Holon, Isra&#235;l). Elle sera transf&#233;r&#233;e &#224; Bordeaux en octobre 2018 avec la collaboration du Centre Yavn&#233;.ArgumentaireL'accrochage de plaques et panneaux de rues, en tant qu'intervention coloniale sur l'espace des colonis&#233;s, s'est le plus souvent surimpos&#233;, conceptuellement et visuellement, &#224; d'autres usages locaux, d'autres mani&#232;res de nommer et de marquer l'espace. Pour autant, diff&#233;rents syst&#232;mes de nommage et de rep&#233;rage continuent d'exister, parfois en diff&#233;rentes langues. Dans leurs tensions et interactions, se jouent des identit&#233;s collectives, des formes de mise &#224; distance et d'alt&#233;rit&#233;, des m&#233;moires et des contre-m&#233;moires. L'exposition invitera &#224; (re)lire les dispositifs de signalisation, leurs termes g&#233;n&#233;riques (rues, places, avenues etc.) et les noms eux-m&#234;mes, des plus id&#233;ologiques aux plus anodins, comme autant de bribes de textes, variablement contradictoires ou compl&#233;mentaires.Par-del&#224; sa dimension documentaire, l'exposition vise &#224; faire 'entendre' les paysages urbains comme &#233;tant eux-m&#234;mes des textes produits, &#224; plusieurs voix, par les forces les plus diverses. En contribuant &#224; d&#233;coloniser l'&#233;tude des toponymes (ou noms de lieux), traditionnellement domin&#233;e par les g&#233;ographes et sp&#233;cialistes des nationalismes europ&#233;ens, il s'agira de stimuler de nouvelles perspectives originales, critiques et qualitatives, sur les villes du Sud.Modalit&#233;s de participationL'appel est ouvert &#224; toute personne, photographe amateur ou professionnel, d&#233;sirant proposer des photos originales de signalisation des rues, formelle ou informelle, dans toute ville d'Afrique ou d'Isra&#235;l/Palestine. Il s'adresse aux usagers de la ville et aux simples passants autant qu'aux universitaires, urbanistes ou linguistes. Les photos devront avoir une r&#233;solution minimale de 600 ppp. Elles seront accompagn&#233;es d'une br&#232;ve description et/ou analyse (300 mots maximum) et d'une courte biographie des auteurs (50 mots maximum) mentionnant leur nom et adresse de contact.Merci d'envoyer photos et textes &#224;: signagexpo@gmail.comCalendrierDate limite d'envoi: 15 d&#233;cembre 2017D&#233;cision de s&#233;lection: 31 janvier 2018Exposition &#224; Holon: Avril 2018Exposition &#224; Bordeaux: Octobre 2018Commissaires d'expositionDr. Liora Bigon, General Studies Department, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT)Dr. Arch. Michel Ben Arrous, Centre Yavn&#233;, BordeauxCommissaire principale: Michal Chill, Library Director, HITApril 2018: HIT&#8217;s Library space, Holon, IsraelArgumentThe exhibition will examine street signage in urban Africa and Israel/Palestine as an outcome of dialectic processes, short and long termed, of spatial production and attached imagery and symbolism. That is, beyond being a signifier of a spatial orientation per se.Visually and contextually, street signage in the global South normally reflects a colonial heritage of multiple European powers and post- colonial developments. However, top-down heritages have been constantly interacting with indigenous bottom-up naming systems, of the space users. We shall focus on these interactions in terms of identity/alterity interplay; and memories and counter-memories in a variety of languages. Esthetic and thematic&#160; aspects&#160; of&#160; the&#160; signage will be brought into the fore regarding generic and specific names, official and informal names, ideological and mundane names &#8211; to be read as (sub-) texts that complete and compete with each other in challenging ways.The exhibition not only seeks for a documentation of textual inscriptions in the cityscape, but rather, through the signage, to understand the cityscape as a text produced by wider, variegated, forces. By de-colonising the field of toponymy &#8211; traditionally&#160; governed by geographers and historians of&#160; European&#160; nationalism&#160; who tend to relay on official signage and gazetteers &#8211; the exhibition strives to bring a fresh and alternative viewpoint in terms of geography and the very character of signage in question. It is also expected to advance an in-depth, qualitative and critical perspective&#160; in area studies research, using toponymic inscriptions to gain a more comprehensive historical understanding; and, at the same time, to gain a more nuanced, situational and place-specific&#160; understanding.SpecificationsVisual interpretations of (in)formal street signage are welcomed to be considered, from professional photographers and amateur, urbanists, linguists and passers-by. Each participant is expected to send not more than 3 images of a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, together with a photo description/analysis of maximum 300 words. A full name, country, affiliation/profession, and a short bio of maximum 50 words should be also attached. Please e-mail these to: signagexpo@gmail.comSubmission deadline: 15 December 2017Decision deadline: 31 January 2018Exhibiting in Holon: April 2018Exhibiting in Bordeaux: October 2018.Images will be fully acknowledged and photographers' rights will be fully respected. The exhibition is not for profit.Guest curators and exhibition initiatorsDr. Liora Bigon (General Studies Department, HIT) &#38; Dr. Arch. Michel Ben Arrous (Centre Yavn&#233;, Bordeaux) Curator-in-chief:&#160; Ms. Michal Chill, Library Director, HITOctober 2018: To be shown in Bordeaux, France, in collaboration with Centre Yavn&#233;