Teletext 3000 / Summer of Teletext exhibition on ARD Text, Yle and ORF Teletext

Dig out your sunglasses 3D glasses, because a new summer of teletext art has begun! 😎

A total of 17 international artists will be participating in a crossover event hosted by three European teletext services in the coming weeks.

The exhibition is over, but you can see the artworks on Demozoo here.

🇩🇪 The exhibition will be broadcast on Germany’s ARD Text (p840) from Friday 4th August until Sunday 27th August 2023. Click here to see the art in ARD’s online viewer.

🇦🇹 In conjunction, the art will also be exhibited on Austria’s ORF Teletext (p840) from Friday 4th August until Sunday 27th August Monday 28th August 2023. Click here to see it online at ORF Teletext.

🇫🇮 And last but by no means least, the same artworks will also be shown on Finland’s Yle Text (p830) from Friday 4th August to Monday 4th September 2023. Click here to see them on Yle’s website.

Each piece incorporates one or more of three prompts:

1. Teletext in the Year 3000
2. Summer of Teletext and
3. A Teletext Holiday Postcard.

Responses to this project are many and varied, ranging from idyllic beach scenes to tarot cards, street art and retro-futuristic (perhaps even hauntological) depictions of life in the next millennium.

Participating artists

This summer’s bustling festival line-up contains numerous regulars in addition to a couple of fresh-faced newcomers:

Carl Attrill (UK), Ceefaux (UK), Sarah Burgess (UK), Wim Dewijngaert (Belgium), Dan Farrimond (UK), Muhammad Fidyan Genial (Indonesia), Alex Grupe (Germany), Max Haarich (Germany), Dave Hingley (UK), Andy Jenkinson (UK), Justadude (UK), littlebitspace, Logiker (Austria), Pixelblip (UK), Polyducks (UK), Anton Van Oosbree (USA), Matthias Waldorf (Germany)

Press

• ORF TELETEXT präsentiert On-Air-Kunst-Ausstellung „Sommer im Teletext“, ORF.at, 4 Aug 2023
• ARD Text präsentiert On-Air-Kunst-Ausstellung “Sommer des Teletextes”, Presse Portal, 4 Aug 2023
• Neue ARD-Teletext-Aktion: Künstler präsentieren „Sommer des Teletextes“, Quotenmeter, 4 Aug 2023
• Videotext als Kunst: ARD startet neue Teletext-Ausstelllung, Digital Fernsehen, 4 Aug 2023
• “Sommer des Teletextes”: On-Air-Kunst-Ausstellung im ARD Text, Wunschliste, 4 Aug 2023
• “Sommer im Teletext”: Virtuelle Ausstellung ab Seite 840, Salzberger Nachrichten, 4 Aug 2023
• ARD Summer of Teletext, heckmeck, 4 Aug 2023
• ARD Text präsentiert On-Air-Kunst-Ausstellung “Sommer des Teletextes” / 17 internationale Künstler spiegeln eine bunte Teletextwelt wider, finanznachrichten, 4 Aug 2023
• ARD Text präsentiert On Air Kunst Ausstellung »Sommer des Teletextes«, 4. bis 27. August 2023, guetsel.de, 5 Aug 2023
• Kolumne: Videotext ist Kunst (und Kult) im TV, Seriesly Awesome, 13 Aug 2023
• ARD Text wird zum Raum für Kunst, blog.medientage.de, 17th Aug 2023

Twitter

https://twitter.com/ARDText/status/1687389834476699649

Holy cow, erm, flamingo, I’m on Teletext!

ARD-Text Seite 848: https://t.co/4AaVWJumwr
Yle Teksti-TV sivu 837: https://t.co/r1l5dgI3zq pic.twitter.com/A3K4Fq5ljJ

— Alexander Grupe (@losso3000) August 4, 2023

With lovely supporting artwork from @illarterate here's what life in the year 3000 will be like when the machines are in charge and CEEFAUX Towers is still, somehow going. pic.twitter.com/6n4heef9D2

— 𝘾𝙀𝙀𝙁𝘼𝙐𝙓 (@ceefaux) August 5, 2023

Checking out the latest #teletextart for #SummerofTeletext on @ARDText, @yleuutiset, and @ORFTELETEXT.

Big thanks to the TV channels for supporting such artistic experiments❤📺

And big hugz again to @illarterate for bringing the crowd together and organizing the party🥳📺 pic.twitter.com/RrJL0ylemw

— Ù̷̠̯͚̠ž̷̘́̀̋͗̈́u̶̙̺̣̇̓͆p̸̢̡͎͙̲̈́͗́̑̾̊ĭ̵̟̲̙̘̰s̷͛̐̄͠ (@UzupisMUC) August 4, 2023

No better way to start a weekend than a teletext exhibition on god damn Finnish Teksti-TV – with many familiar faces too. Here's one of my favorites by @littlebitspace. pic.twitter.com/fGE1N2nU2Q

— Uncultured Games | WISHLIST Whispers in the Moss! (@UnculturedGames) August 5, 2023

Warm out there today! 🥵☀️@wimpie3 has the appropriate art for you – hot control codes… 🎛️🔡

Now showing on European #teletext as part of #teletext3000/Summer of Teletext 2023. 🌴#pixelart #1bithttps://t.co/UIum0GZ1OMhttps://t.co/DLDHXeqNHthttps://t.co/lPFyHpvK9d pic.twitter.com/1KM8STUFZR

— Dan Farrimond (@illarterate) August 11, 2023

Art samples

For those reading after September 2023, we’ve got you covered! All artworks will be archived via Scene.org/Demozoo after the exhibitions have been completed on all three teletext services.

See the entries on Demozoo here.