[spectre] International Teletext Art Festival in ARD Text starts

[Arns HMKV Inke]

Dear Spectre,

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Best, Inke

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Von: International Teletext Art Festival <itaf at fixc.fi>
Datum: 13. August 2012 13:49:09 MESZ
Betreff: International Teletext Art Festival in ARD Text starts


The International Teletext  Art  Festival ITAF  16.8.-16.9.2012
in ARD TEXT page > 770
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An exhibition in Pflüger68
opening 16.8. 19.00 ->  (including Chip Tunes played by Jarkko Räsänen, FixC cooperative) Pflügerstrasse 68 12047 Berlin-Neuköln


“The road begins from here. Teletext is the future.” Artist Janne Suni May 2012

Teletext, first invented some 30 years ago, utilizes the “vertical blanking interval” lines that together form the dark band dividing pictures horizontally on the television screen. Technically it has remained almost unchanged until recently when TV became digital. Teletext being an amazing success story still attracts millions of visitors daily for the latest news headlines, weather reports or sports results. Hust ARD text alone has

The potential of Teletext as an tool for artistic expression has not yet been fully discovered though the aesthetics of Teletext have slowly creeped in to the most fashionable street ware, graffiti and fine art. Is the next big word in intellectual small talk of the hip, rich and famous going to be teletextualism? Time will show.  Since it happens The International Teletext Art Festival gives the possibility to the ARD Text users to view some of the latest works on the Teletext scene and decide for them selves.

Participating artists: Ashley Anderson, Bym, Frederic Cambus, Max Capacity, Cordula Ditz, Maria Duncker, Dan Farrimond, Kathrin Günter, Francis Hunger, Juha van Ingen, Raquel Meyers, Dave Needham, Rich Oglesby, Seppo Renvall, Janne Suni, Jarkko Räsänen and Kari Yli-Annala

The International Teletext Art Festival is a FixC cooperative project  made in collaboration with ARD Text.

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More info on the artists and works: www.fixc.fi/itaf

More info on the exhibition: www.pflueger68.de/itaf.html

The ARD-Text: www.ard-text.de

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FixC cooperative
PL39 FI-00921 Helsinki
www.fixc.fi




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Dr. Inke Arns
Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) at the Dortmunder U
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund 
Office: Hoher Wall 15, 44137 Dortmund, Germany
T + 49 - 231 - 496642-0 (direct line -11)
F + 49 - 231 - 496642-29
M + 49 - 176 - 430 627 93
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