Author: Sarah

Barbecue

Three terraced houses, each with roller blinds in the windows matching the colour of their door: cyan, white, and magenta. A couple of birds fly in the cloudless sky. The people are not visible but from within the middle house someone says, "Shall we have a barbecue?" Then from the houses on either side, unseen people say, "Bring the washing in!", and "Let's go to the park!"

Teletext artwork for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description Three terraced houses, each with roller blinds in the windows matching the colour of their door: cyan, white, and magenta. A couple of birds fly in the cloudless sky. The people are not visible but from within the middle house someone says, “Shall we have a barbecue?” Then from the houses on either side, unseen people say, “Bring the washing in!”, and “Let’s go to the park!”

Time Machine Watch

Teletext art of a digital watch. The time reads six thirteen and forty seconds. That just happened to be the time I started this piece. The background is blue with stripes of green, yellow, red, and magenta at the top and bottom.

Teletext artwork for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description Teletext art of a digital watch. The time reads six thirteen and forty seconds. That just happened to be the time I started this piece. The background is blue with stripes of green, yellow, red, and magenta at the top and bottom.

Spaceship

Level 2.5 teletext image of the spaceship from Tetris rendered partially in graphics mode with zeroes representing the smoke, and a rocket ship made up of level 2.5 shapes.

Collaboration with Dan Farrimond – Level 2.5 Teletext artwork for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Dan drew the spaceship in Level 1, I added Level 2.5 elements.

Description Level 2.5 teletext image of the spaceship from Tetris rendered partially in graphics mode with zeroes representing the smoke, and a rocket ship made up of level 2.5 shapes.

Octopus Suitcase

A spoof advert in black and white teletext. The text reads, "Packing a chore? Not any more! Our specially trained operatives will pack for you. Ten percent off for Ceefax Holidays customers. Call or fax now!" It also says, "Not endorsed by Ceefax Holidays." The picture is of an octopus packing items into a suitcase. It holds a toothbrush, a t-shirt, a penguin soft toy, and a document labelled "Teletext Specification".

Teletext artwork for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description A spoof advert in black and white teletext. The text reads, “Packing a chore? Not any more! Our specially trained operatives will pack for you. Ten percent off for Ceefax Holidays customers. Call or fax now!” It also says, “Not endorsed by Ceefax Holidays.” The picture is of an octopus packing items into a suitcase. It holds a toothbrush, a t-shirt, a penguin soft toy, and a document labelled “Teletext Specification”.

The Mechanical Turk

Teletext animation of the fake automaton. Dressed in a red jacket and white headgear, the dummy picks up and moves a chess piece. As he does so a smile crosses his formerly sullen face.

Teletext artwork made for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description eletext animation of the fake automaton. Dressed in a red jacket and white headgear, the dummy picks up and moves a chess piece. As he does so a smile crosses his formerly sullen face.