TELETEXT
ARTIST Jarkko Räsänen (FIN)
Considering that teletext has been used by millions of people daily during its 40 years of existence, it has so far remained a relatively unexplored territory for artistic creation. Ever since it was launched by the BBC in 1973, there have been several serious efforts to open up teletext for art. One example is Microtel by Lektrolab, which was created in association with the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art during the International Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006. Although teletext has had a steady stream of fans within the artistic community, including some well-known names such as the Jodi artist collective, it has never gained the status it deserves as an art form.
In collaboration with FixC cooperative and International Teletext Art Festival ITAF2013 in ARD Text, ORF TELETEXT and SWISS TELETEXT.