Two panels form an overall image providing a glimpse into the production of news, i.e., into a large printing press that prints various daily newspapers. The workflows are routine; all movements are coordinated and precisely choreographed. People move between and with the machines as if in a mechanistic choreography. A particularly striking moment occurs when a new run goes to print: when the wet continuous paper suddenly takes on ink and, due to the high speed, appears completely black.

The industrial setting recalls similar factories that occupy a considerable amount of space. Contained environments of purpose-driven architecture and interior. The entire building is a machine that puts the news onto the paper you get from the shop or the mailman. Sitting at a midpoint in the production chain of news, the printing factory demonstrates what characterizes the business of reporting incidents: speed, decision, routine, standardization. It is amazing how smoothly it works. The technology is state-of-the-art, yet eerily part of an outdated mode of communication. Arguably, it is only a matter of time before paper-bound communication finds its way into the museum.

The calm of the observing camera, as well as of the editing, attunes to the mood at the factory. While the paper runs at super high speed through the rotating offset printing machine, the people operating the machines move with deliberation and a slow pace. Speed and the calmness of routine coexist harmoniously. Spending time inside the space where news is literally manifested encourages contemplation of the ever more efficient process of news dissemination. Watching the ink tint the paper black, one reflects on this massive current of big and small issues electrifying groups and societies.