I wonder if copyright messages are themselves copyrighted? Let’s conduct an experiment.
Here’s a video consisting entirely of legal warnings from the likes of VVL and the VHS Video Collection. Who will be the first, if any, to get the video removed? Find out right here, soon. Or not, depending on how many people actually care enough to watch the thing.
illarterate - adj. lacking art, knowledge or skill; clumsy or uncultured.
Influences: public toilet cubicle drawings/slogans; WordArt posters in Market Street shop windows; Mega-Zine; bootleg vinyl artwork; Janne Suni; Pink Floyd; whoever is responsible for the Max Headroom hijacking incident; Collie, the Inept Reviewer.
Due to my current financial and erm, computational (?!) situation, I’m currently not able to produce movies as often as I would like. Clearing out my old hard drive, though, I got the chance to revisit some videos from the Analogue Propaganda series, specifically the E4 Teleglitcher stings. I was surprised to find an awful…
Haha, finally my long-awaited chance to enter Teleglitcher into the E4 sting competition! Specially cut for 2009, this version is a ten second re-edit to fit the new time constraints. And here it is, in all its HD YouTube glory! Warning, may be a bit manic for some tastes. I don’t hold out much hope…
Animation for the MTV Retrolution series, which takes in all aspects of retro technology.
Teleglitcher, an early video from my 2007 Pixel is Power project, has been featured in a special presentation at the New Zealand Film Archive. Kiwi visual artist Dick Whyte, with the help of Mark Williams, put together a screening of various experimental media, described as such: “What do Miss Piggy, Britney Spears, Mussolini, Super Mario…
Taking the format of a glitched up computer program, these video stings for television channel E4 aesthetically pay homage to teletext and the BBC Micro.
When creating the ‘Teletext is Dead’ video, I tried out a number of soundtracks, messing around with the pacing before finally settling on a fast paced, hectic concoction. This early mix, by contrast, is much more relaxing and laid back, whilst at the same time strangely intense. Music is provided by Nick McCabe. Oh, and…
