On Monday 17th June 1985, after months of research and espionage, Tonny Cappi and Terry Ellis held an exhibition displaying evidence that Rupert Murdoch was installing new direct input typesetting equipment. This equipment would go on to replace hot metal typesetting, allowing Murdoch to fire his entire printing workforce overnight less than a year after this exhibition was held. Nobody from the printing unions showed up to the exhibition, losing them months in the race against Murdoch.
The following is a fabricated poster by the artist, claiming the exhibition was the first of the stereotype collective. The poster is made using incorporation documents of the shell company Murdoch used to cover up the installation of this equipment.
3 layer risograph on paper, 210mm * 297mm
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