Herdruk uit 1935 van eerste nummer van de Deli Courant van 18 maart 1885 bij gelegenheid van het 50-jarig bestaan Possibly 1935

This is a reprint from 1935 of the first issue of the Deli Courant newspaper from 1885, likely made with printing press technology. It’s the kind of image that makes you think about how information travels. Look at the density of the text, like a field of tiny marks, each one pressed into the page, forming lines and paragraphs. I love how the ink sits on the paper, not quite uniform, with slight variations in tone and pressure, a reminder of the physical process behind it. The layout is so formal, each block of text neatly aligned. But then, the whole thing feels surprisingly human, maybe because of the slight imperfections in the print. In a world of digital news, seeing this feels almost radical. It reminds me a bit of the work of Ed Ruscha, who was drawn to the everyday typography of signs and billboards, elevating the mundane to art. Ultimately, this newspaper reprint invites us to consider how meaning is constructed, distributed, and received, then and now.