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Teletext music video // Lancashire’s For Me by the Lancashire Hotpots

Dan Farrimond — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:20:41 +0000

A music/lyric combo video in the style of Pages From Ceefax, 4-Tel on View and Hands Up. Released on Lancashire Day, 27 November 2015, hence the date in the video.

A few sample frames

Welcome to Lancashire

Pages From Teafax

Bowland tourism

Lancashire rose

Hotpots will be back soon

Teletext art workshop // Superbyte Festival 2015, Manchester

Dan Farrimond — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:59:59 +0000

Drop-in workshop as part of the Superbyte chipmusic festival, returning for a second year. Here’s more information on the 2014 incarnation of this pixel art party.

See all artwork produced at Flickr.

Or, have a taster:

And here’s some video footage…

Teletext art // Fringefax // Stroud Fringe 2015

Dan Farrimond — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:10:29 +0000

A selection of pages for Peter Kwan’s Fringefax service, shown on the weekend of 29th and 30th August 2015 at the Stroud Fringe Festival.

A YouTube version is available… right here!

My own contributions…

And the service in situ at eCycle, courtesy @Stroud_Fringe. Hypnocat is also my graphic.

Don’t look at it for too long!

Teletext art // St Helens vs The Lizards // Escape room service

Dan Farrimond — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:00:12 +0000

Teletext mini-service for the St Helens vs The Lizards escape room in St Helens Central Library from 15 to 29 August 2015.

Promo artwork:

Some St Helens-related pages from the service…

Some pictures of the television in situ, courtesy Re-Dock/Sam Meech:

Scrabble for an answer

Weddings at St Helens Town Hall

Instant messaging service

Teletext art // Networked Narrative – Text Adventure Time // Wigan Teletext

Dan Farrimond — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:35:40 +0000

Wigan teletext pages for FACT/Re-Dock’s ‘Networked Narrative‘ project to create a text adventure linking the towns of Hull, Burnley and Wigan.

Text Adventure Time website

George Formby – Anarchy in the Uke

Haigh Hall

Mesnes Park Pavilion

Uncle Joe

Wigan Youth Zone

Wigan Pier

The next two are based on the fictional world created by those attending workshops in the three northern settlements.

Wigan Parish Church in 2065

Wigan Underground Map, 2065

Teletext art workshop // St Helens vs The Lizards // St Helens Central Library

Dan Farrimond — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:21:31 +0000

Drop-in workshop held at St Helens Central Library on 8 August 2015 to collect teletext art for the St Helens vs The Lizards escape room.

All artwork produced at the workshop is available at this Flickr photostream.

Here’s someone (possibly me) fiddling with an anachronistic television…

And here are some examples of artwork produced:

Teletext art // Selfie: Sisters of the Amniotic Lens // ‘The Lens’ teletext service

Dan Farrimond — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:26:08 +0000

Artwork for the in-game teletext service ‘The Lens’ for Rail Slave Games’ ‘Sisters of the Amniotic Lens’. It has been variously described as a ‘tribute to bad ZX Spectrum games’ and ‘the world’s most realistic fly shooting simulator’ by Illarterate and Illarterate. Ahem.

Here are a few screenshots to whet your appetite, but you’ll have to buy the game to see them all!

Teletext art // Retro Unlim Network // T-shirt designs

Dan Farrimond — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:29:55 +0000

Designs for the Retro Unlim Spreadshirt shop.

Teletext workshop // Block Party I // Late at Tate Britain

Dan Farrimond — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:32:01 +0000

Visitors try their hand at teletext art, Late at Tate, 5 June 2015:

See all the submitted artworks at the Tate Block Party Flickr photoset
More info at the Block Party blog

Special thanks to everyone that participated, and Matt and Dan the Tate AV guys.

Some images, courtesy Eva Hautburg, Carl Attrill and Angela Robinson…

From 1910 to 198X // Teletext art at Tate Britain

Dan Farrimond — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:12:40 +0000

Teletext versions of art found in Tate Britain’s Room 1910, displayed here as part of Late at Tate, June 2015.