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On a Thursday once a year every household in the city limits of Worcester UK receives an editioned artwork; 1 of 41000 , 'Est1690. ' An exclusive arts edition, an annual presentation with lead artists (to date: Robert Barry, Victor Burgin John Ahearn, Jo Spence, Gavin Wade, Vanley Burke, The Artist Taxi Driver) alongside established and new artists have been have been specially commissioned to respond to the oldest newspaper in the world.*
Est. 1690 #1 - Robert Barry (2013)with Chris Shaw Hughes, Elizabeth Rowe, Candice Jacobs
Est 1690 #2 - Victor Burgin (2014)
with David Blamey, Chris Hodson & Nicole Mortiboys, Jeremy Hutchison
Est 1690 #3 - Gavin Wade (2015)
with Hendrik Shrat, Plastique Fantastique, Oliver Tirré
Est 1690 #4 - Jo Spence / John Ahearn (2019)
with John M Robinson
Est 1690 #5 - Vanley Burke (2021)
with Ria Dillon
Est 1690 #6
The Artist Taxi Driver (2022)
with Richard Dean Hughes, Angelina May Davis
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 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.
*To Worcester belongs the world’s oldest newspaper still in continuous circulation since 1690
Above L-R - Jo Spence (2018), Robert Barry ‘est 1690’ (2013) Gavin Wade Society Falls Apart (2015) Victor Burgin (2014)