Carl Attrill (Retrotext)
‘Carlos’ is co-presenter of the Teletextr Podcast, a show named after the teletext service he founded in 2015. This name was also adopted by a demogroup – the world’s first such teletext group – that exhibited at Block Party Cambridge 2017.
- Cry
- Swirl
- Shift Run Stop
- I Choose You
- Fly Away
- The Joker
Max Capacity
The “Banksy of Teletext”, Max received the much-deserved Teletext Achievement Award at the 2015 Teletext Art Festival. His work is featured in the 2015 book ‘Teletext in Europe’, which includes chapters on teletext art, psychology and sociology.
- Glitchy Palm
- Kremlin
- Brain
- Vulture
- Teletext Crimesquad
- Skull
Dragan Espenschied
Espenschied was selected as winner of the 2013 International Teletext Art People’s Choice Award for his seminal ‘Lucky Cat’ design. He previously participated in the pioneering VBI Microtel project that kickstarted the post-analogue teletext art movement.
- Modern Talking, entry for ARD’s ’30 Years of Teletext’ in 2010.
- Lucky Cat
- Olia Lialina
- Demoscape
- Devolution
- Landscape
Kathrin Günter
With a keen eye for framing and colour, Gunter filters celebrity and occult phenomena through the 3-bit lens of teletext. ‘Lindsay Lohan Mug Shot Cabinet’ was awarded the International Teletext Art Prize in 2013, with the judges noting its effective use of flash.
- Lindsay Lohan Mug Shot Cabinet (1)
- Lindsay Lohan Mug Shot Cabinet (2)
- Lindsay Lohan Mug Shot Cabinet (3)
- I Need Lipo!
- New Bump Mystery
- Diet Disaster
Steve Horsley (Horsenburger)
In a remarkable case of nominative determinism, Steve ‘Horsenburger’ Horsley began his career drawing pixel horses for a variety of services including Teletext Ltd. Returning to the medium twenty years later, he finds his work featured on Nintendo Life and ARD Text.
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- Santa Getaway (1995)
- Summer Snowman (1995)
- Scooby Doo
- Arsene Wenger
- Harry Potter
- Thriller
Juha van Ingen
A member of the FixC artists cooperative, Van Ingen is a co-founder of the International Teletext Art Festival and Finnish national television’s Museum of Teletext Art. As an artist, he has been featured at ARS Electronica, Modern Art Oxford and the FISH Gallery, Helsinki.
- Sugar (1)
- Sugar (2)
- Sugar (3)
- The Tale of Tomorrow 1
- The Tale of Tomorrow 2
- The Tale of Tomorrow 4
Ian ‘Swirv’ Irving
Joined Ceefax at its beginning in 1974 as news and general sub-editor, gradually developing the graphics side of things. Eventually became full time graphic designer with Intelfax Ltd in 1986, designing for a wide range of teletext services, including Channel 4’s 4-Tel service and the popular 4-T cartoon series.
- On Your Bikes
- Brideshead Revisited
- A Kind of Living
- Built in Britain
- Ceefax AM
- 4T The Dog
Raquel Meyers
Raquel Meyers’ practice centres on KYBDslöjd, which stands for ‘keyboard dexterity’. Her brutalist storytellings have been exhibited around the world, from Australia to the United States, Brazil and Japan.
- Thread of Fate
- Journey of the Sun
- God Jul
- Text God
- Do You Go…?
- Monster Selfie
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
As Graphic Designer at Teletext Ltd (1993-2003), Rose co-created the world-infamous daily video games magazine Digitiser, in addition to drawing hundreds of icons and characters including the Boozler family and Turner the Worm.
- Digitiser
- The Man
- Digitiser Tips
- Glitch
- Turner the Worm – Monkey
- The Boozler family
Sara Scott-Rivers
A true Teletext Impressionist, Sara designed for various Viewdata and teletext services throughout the 1980s, before signing for Teletext Ltd. just prior to their launch in January 1993. She is immortalised in their ‘Art of Teletext’ booklet, featuring as Sara Gilson.
- Oscar Wilde
- World Cup 1994
- Sophia Loren
- Car Insurance
- TV tattle
- Cheerful sun
Last updated 23 January 2019. Lots more to come. To add next? Anniina Wallius, Dan Farrimond, Fredrik Olsson, Jellica, Simon Rawles, Holger Lipmann, Andy Jenkinson, Polyducks, Alistair Cree, Goto80