The world-renowned Yle Text was launched some five-and-forty years ago on 7 October 1981, which smells like a capital idea for another celebration of teletext art!
But not only that, it’s the 100th anniversary of the broadcaster Yle itself. That time has passed quickly, don’t you think?
We are asking for artwork in advance as I will likely be on hiatus around the time this exhibition goes ahead on Finland’s Yle in October 2026.
Your Guidelines
TL;DR – send me teletext web editor links to your art
1. Your entry can be anything related to Yle Text’s 45 years celebrations. See our previous exhibitions Yle40, Yle41 or look at the prompts for some inspiration.
Some prompts to help you: Teletext birthday cards, birthday food, 45th anniversary - sapphire, reflection on Yle Text's past, celebratory food and drink, party items, the numbers 45 or 100 typography, Helsinki (Yle HQ), Finland
2. We will accept these formats:
3. You can also enter as many artworks as you like, but bear in mind that they are shown at Yle’s discretion.
4. Be aware that when pages are broadcast on teletext services, the page header (row 0) and fastext labels (row 24) are overwritten, so try not to use them in your art. Here‘s a diagram of where you can find these.
5. Level 1/1.5 Teletext only for this project – Yle does not support Level 2.5 (the one with the extra colours and shapes), however you can use black as a foreground colour (graphics or text) if you like.
6. No copyrighted characters, please!
7. You retain copyright of your work, but give permission for it to be shown on the teletext service(s) listed above (Yle) and for an archive to be kept at demozoo.org.
If you have a question about anything at all, I’ll be happy to help. The “chatline” is available at hello [at] teletextart *dot* co _dot_ uk
Deadline: April 2026 TBC
Send your entries to me:
hello [at] teletextart [dot] co [dot] uk
@illarterate on Bluesky or Twitter/X
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