Am Rande der Sprache / A la limite de la langue Collection Hapax Series Edited by Christoph Doswald Author(s) Friedrich Dürrenmatt Peter Nobel Janine Perret Sgualdo Ulrich Weber Edition French August 2007 ISBN: 978-3-905770-89-6 Softcover, 105 x 165 mm 64 pages Images 16 color CHF 18 / EUR 10 / £ 7 / US 15 Edition German June 2007 ISBN: 978-3-905770-88-9 Softcover, 105 x 165 mm 64 pages Images 16 color CHF 18 / EUR 10 / £ 7 / US 15 Print pdf Print pdf (fr) Print pdf (de) The Fourth Power Printed mass media are, at least since the beginning of the 20th century, in the firing line of culture. If the fourth power as the ensemble of these media is often called has raised numerous controversies and much criticism, it is also regularly put to the service of diverse cultural protagonists. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, who developed an important visual oeuvre in parallel with his literary practice, touched upon journalistic questions, resisting the mediatization of images and information, pushing his engagement to the point of becoming co-editor of Sonntags-Journals. He is also an emblematic figure of the ambiguous relationship that media personalities have with magazines and daily papers. This publication explores different forms of subverting the media and other parasitic artistic strategies of which Dürrenmatt has done a lot more than sketch the outline. Published with the Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel.