Published on October 13, 2024 at 3:33 p.m. / Modified on October 13, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.
A ghost ship. Not a boat, no, rather a building floating slowly in the black of space with, inside, a few survivors conscientiously repeating the same gestures as the day before, as if the power of routine could postpone the inevitable. On the press floor of the Lausanne Printing Center (CIL), in Bussigny, which is due to close its doors in March 2025, a clock stained with projections marks past 8 p.m. Night after night, for thirty-five years, ink has escaped from the machines to become encrusted in the walls, ceilings and staircases. It gives this place its smell charged with affect, which will soon be nothing more than a reminiscence.
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