THE INTERNATIONAL TELETEXT ART FESTIVAL 2014

ITAF2014 was a juried Art Festival of works created using the Teletext videotext standard. Works were both broadcast via the teletext pages of participating European broadcasters, and installed on monitors in an exhibition at the Berlin headquarters of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). From 14.8.2014 to 14.9.2014 ITAF2014 works were broadcast on ARD Text (p.850 >), ORF TELETEXT and ORF III TELETEXT (p.470 >), Swiss Text (p.750 >) and Arte Teletext (p.700 >)

Artists included: Nadine Arbeiter, Kim Asendorf, Michaël Borras a.k.a Systaime, Max Capacity, Paul B. Davis, Maria Duncker, Dragan Espenschied, Dan Farrimond, Anne Horel, Brendan Howell, Francis Hunger, Juha van Ingen, Marc Lee, Jürg Lehn, LIA, Raquel Meyers, Erkka Nissinen, Rich Oglesby, Seppo Renvall, Alex Rich, Jarkko Räsänen, Amanda Siegel and Kari Yli-Annala

The jury members were Artist Kathrin Günter and Media archaeologist and lecturer Erkki Huhtamo.

Paul B. Davis created the work "Art In Here" specifically for the ITAF2014. "Art in Here" is graphic Teletext artwork that is also a functioning QR code, allowing viewer/participants to record their television screens with their mobile phones to read a QR encoded message. The message instructed viewer/participants to e-mail Davis, stating that in doing so they would be given a chance to encounter more of the artist's work. Hundreds of people responded from all over Europe.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/22819