There's a Newspaper Being Made, Right Now, In a Museum.

What is it?
Currently there’s a newspaper plastering the windows at the ‘New Museum’ in New York City. But this time it’s not for cover the windows due preparations for an upcoming show, it’s actually part of the exhibition inside.  A new publication called the New City Reader is being produced as part of a show called The Last Newspaper, an exhibition that focuses on the way that artists interpret and remix the news. 

The main ideas that founders  Joseph Grima and Kazys Varnelis wanted to explore with this project are the intersections of urban space, public space, and information space. The staff is actually working in the museum and visitors have the ability to observe them and ask them anything about this project.

Why it’s cool?
With this project the founders are reactivating a traditional medium. The traditional thought of a newspaper is to bring people togheter. Newspapers were used to project a city’s identity out to the world and held up a mirror to it’s citizenry. 

People can walk by the museum, stop and read the newspaper on the windows of the museum or grab a hardcopy issue inside. It’s also fascinating to see the team at work inside the museum. 

When you’re in the building you can be a part ofone of the most interactive experiences of the project: a Hermes Rocket typewriter where visitors can peck out letters to the editor, some of which will find their way into future issues. 

This dreamteam explains the succes of the typewriter: "Though hardly anybody knows how to hit a strong manual keystroke, and even though the machine is in bad need of a new ribbon, for whatever reason, people love the typewriter."

Check out this fascinating newspaper: http://newcityreader.net/