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Worcester newspaper becomes international art work

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:17 AM PST

Chris Shaw HughesOn Thursday 28 February every household within the city limits of Worcester received an edition artwork, one of 41,000.  Four artists -  Robert Barry, Candice Jacobs, Elizabeth Rowe and Chris Shaw Hughes - who work with the media, print, public space and newspapers were asked to create a front cover for a special artist edition. The exclusive edition is the first in an annual presentation entitled Est. 1690 presented by PITT Projects and Division of Labour.

The lead artist Robert Barry along with established and new artists have been have been specially commissioned to respond to the Worcester Berrows Journal, the oldest newspaper in the world. The printed press industry is in a fragile state. Local, regional, national and international papers are folding under the strain of news on demand and the network of Internet based news, rolling news channels and social media that deliver the news faster than print can follow. Homogenisation, monopoly and cartels, news groups and consolidation of the printed press networks is rife. Increasingly the independence of local news is under threat.

The editions will be shown at PITT Project space in March and Division of Labour in April
Posted by Creative Midlands at 3/04/2013 11:26:00 am

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