VOTING CLOSED! Until 8PM BST on Saturday 9th May 2020, you can cast your votes for the Blockdown Party art competition by clicking the links below. Vote in the ‘Newcomers’ category Vote in the ‘Veterans’ category Vote in the...
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Dan Farrimond
BLOCKDOWN Party @Home, Saturday 25 April 2020
In place of the postponed Block Party, we invite you to join the inaugural BLOCKDOWN Party! Saturday 25th April 2020, 10AM-???* (BST) *We intend this to be an all-day drop in event you can dip into/out of at your leisure. Presented from homes around...
Block Party 2020 Teletext Art Contest: still time to enter!
The physical Block Party might have been put on hold, but its teletext art competition lives on! David at Arbitrary Files is hosting this one, and has established three categories: Novice (for newcomers), Veterans (for the seasoned teletexters) and...
Teletext’s Creative Legacy: new article by WePresent
The artwork of Steve Horsley and Dan Farrimond features in a new article examining how the Internet facilitates teletext as an artistic genre. Written by Craig Oldham for WePresent, the piece details how the format’s technological limitations...
Results are in for the 2018 Block Party Art Competition!
Voting for the Bloktoberfest Teletext Art Comp has now closed, and the results are in. But before announcing the winners, we would like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who participated in this year’s Teletext Fest. Whether you dropped into...
Voting CLOSED – Bloktoberfest Teletext Art Competition
Voting has now closed! Votes cast from today onwards will not be counted. — 1 Nov 2018 Like many a teletext page from months and years past, Bloktoberfest has evaporated into inevitable ephemera. But thankfully, we had the foresight to capture...
[Closed] Bloktoberfest 2018 Teletext Art Competition
This competition has ended – thank you to everyone who participated! The Block Party is now accepting entries for its teletext art competition! You can send us an email with your teletext file (no images, please!), or create something at the...
‘The Wonderful World of Horsenburger’ to be exhibited on ARD Text in September
It’s a secret no more – the legendary Steve ‘Horsenburger’ Horsley is returning to your TV screens in September 2018. Germany’s ARD Text have announced that their latest teletext exhibition, running from 1st to 30th September, will...
