Factory newspaper at the exhibition of the Federal Design Awards 2012
The Rote Fabrik’s in-house magazine, *Modes of Practice*, will be featured at the exhibition «2012 Swiss Confederation Design Awards,» which opens on October 25 at the Museum Bellerive in Zurich.
The thematic series "Modes of Practice" has been published at irregular intervals in the Rote Fabrik's Fabrikzeitung since 2009. The series examines strategies and methods of artistic and cultural production over the last 30 years. The collection of the last six issues, published in January 2012, includes texts, interviews and essays by over 30 authors from the fields of literature, art, history, philosophy and media theory. Each issue analyzes a specific thematic field; from William S. Burroughs' cut-up technique, Jean-Luc Godard's editing technique, David Lynch's use of the subconscious, Laura Albert's art figure JT Le Roy, Gustav Metzger's autodestructive art to John Carpenter's endless expansion of the space in between.
The themed series "Modes of Practice" can be seen as part of the award-winning studio work by Zurich designers Gregor Huber and Ivan Sterzinger, who have also been in charge of the editorial management of the Fabrikzeitung together with journalist Paula Scheidt since January 2012. The Fabrikzeitung, published by the Rote Fabrik and supported by the City of Zurich, appears ten times a year and is dedicated to social, political and cultural topics.
This year, the Fabrikzeitung was on display from February 20 to May 14, 2012 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the exhibition "Millennium Magazines" and from February 10 to June 3, 2012 at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich in the exhibition "100 Years of Swiss Graphics". The Fabrikzeitung has a print run of 3,500 copies and is available free of charge in selected locations in Zurich. It can also be subscribed to.
