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...
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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...
Block Party 2018: ‘Bloktoberfest’ is coming to Wigan on 20th and 21st October
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...
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...
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...
