Finally, a benefit of living in Greater Manchester! Five quid for an any bus day pass to anywhere in the metropolitan county ain’t too bad, especially when the UK’s largest retro gaming expo just so happens to be taking place up Salford way. Although the huge collection of retro television sets is something of a […]
Videos
Replay Expo 2011, Blackpool: An illuminating experience [Vlog]
Harry Yack takes a trip to the home of donkeys, expensive lighting and billions of bed and breakfasts. No time for sausage ‘n’ chips or walks along the promenade, however, as the 2011 Replay retro video game type thingy was also taking place just down the road at Norbreck Castle. Footage here was taken on […]
‘Teleglitcher’ featured in Dick Whyte’s “Detournement: Critical Cinema and The Internet”
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 […]
Good Copy Bad Copy: Creativity on the line [The VHS Project]
Personally, I am not a fan of copyright licenses. Oftentimes I feel restricted in my work, unable to sample almost anything at all for fear of infringing copyright laws. This comes as no real surprise, me being of the mass media Internet generation who doesn’t much care for the mainstream music or film industries and […]
Analogue Propaganda: Nick McCabe – Ambience: Teletext is Dead early mix
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 […]
VHS cassette copyright warnings [The VHS Project]
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 […]
Kung fu fighting Gordon Brown in widescreen (and crummy upscaled HD)
Ha! Election time is almost upon us, which reminded me of something, namely those Gordon Brown mashups I did a couple of years ago, the ones Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic didn’t like too much. I seem to recall him saying something about the limited pool of footage… but anyway, at least these days […]
2009 E4 sting entry
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 […]
