Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Recycling news?

“Today’s news, tomorrow’s fishwrap”: a saying that may need a bit of alteration in the era of online news. Was the 24-hour news cycle a novelty with the emergence of tv-channels such as CNN, in the contemporary instant online news cycle it’s already special if a certain item holds the attention for more than a few hours. It comes as no surprise that the way we process news nowadays is much different than in the decades when print media dominated. A current art project that touches upon this subject is Old News, wherein the selection and manipulation of our daily news is examined and explored. 


The curator of the project, the Danish Jacob Fabricius, started the project in 2004. He invited one artist every month for twelve months in a row. He asked each artist to select and clip newspaper articles and images during the designated month. The result: a print media product with ‘recycled’ news. With  Old News Fabricius explores the way news, newspapers and information influence one’s life and the way information can be manipulated in the media.

Interested in seeing one of the more than ten editions? Old News is on display now until May 14th in the MoMA, as part of the Millenium Magazines exhibition. For more information visit www.oldnews.org.

- Jonas Kooyman

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