Pixel pushers rejoice – the next Block Party has been confirmed for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October 2018. This year, Britain’s premier teletext festival will venture ‘up north’ to Wigan STEAM for a weekend of VBI...
Author - Dan Farrimond
Dan Farrimond
Jason Robertson’s ‘Teletext Archaeologist’ Website Now Online
Teletext Archaeologist Jason Robertson has launched his new website, ‘A Visual and Interactive Teletext History’, which will focus on his continued efforts to recover teletext from an ever growing collection of video tapes in his garage...
Wigan Teletext Fest 2017: The Search for Extra-Teletextual Intelligence
At long last, Wigan Teletext Fest ’17 is upon us! While working at Wigan STEAM, Dan received what he believes to be messages from extra-terrestrial beings via his teletext TV set. In order to find out more about the messages, he has...
TeletextRtists feature in ‘Glitch’ exhibition opening today
A new exhibition featuring teletext art opens in Wigan today. Curated by MA Fine Art student Chel Logan, The Aesthetics of Failure showcases a variety of multimedia artworks responding to the theme of ‘glitch’. Among the pieces on...
Ceefax Holidays arrives at the teletext archive
Teletext archaeologist Jason Robertson (@grim_fandango) has uncovered a rare example of Ceefax’s much-celebrated holidays section. This service predates Teletext Holidays by many years, though ORACLE did run their own holiday pages in the...
Teletextr Podcast 06, March 2017 – Sixels and Bad Apples
Recorded LIVE at Block Party Cambridge 2017. Prepare yourself for more good oranges and bad apples! And just what is a sixel? Well, I’m pretty sure the answer is in there somewhere. Direct download: Teletextr Podcast Episode 6 (mp3) Timecodes...
Block Party Cambridge 2017 winning art now on ARD Text
A selection of the best art created at last weekend’s Block Party collaborative editing event is currently available to view on German teletext service ARD Text. Click here to launch the ARD Text online teletext viewer …or fire up Das...
Teletextr Podcast 05, February 2017 – Fruit Basket
Apples, oranges and raspberries are the subject of this pre-Block Party babble. Also: a big announcement regarding ARD Text’s involvement in Text Fest 2017! Music in this episode: Hey Rozalinda (Pages From Ceefax) Direct download: Teletextr...
