The Britain-based media arts collective, Lektrolab is look for submissions for it's new Teletext art project called Microtel. The Teletext system was invented in England, in the 1970s, to stream text and graphics to analog television sets. Its vivid cathode colors and signature clunky graphics became the visual language of up-to-the-minute news bulletins and awkward advertisements before being replaced by newer text displays. Coming to the medium's rescue, Lektrolab recently posted an open call for teletext art on their website. They are compiling the submissions and, beginning January 26th, broadcasting them on Netherlands public television in conjunction with Rotterdam's 35th International Film Festival. The Microtel website has images of the submissions that have co! me in, thus far, and everything one needs to participate, including the software to make a teletext masterpiece. [Rhizome]