#testpatterns

[forgifen]

BullsEye from painted 16mm and vintage test pattern

[grudnick]

DSC00512 by Skatole Grudnick Via Flickr: The Hitomi's MatchBox from Disney’s new Digital Center 3 (DC3) in The Woodlands, Texas.This screen grap capture a little before 4AM from WJLA-TV WASHINGTON, DC when their Master Control swithed to a feed way too early.

[artinovo]

Normal programming will resume shortly ⏰😉 #artistic #artist #photographer #geometric #softtones #artprint #amazingart #graphic #stripy #design #tv #patterned #testpattern #stripes #natural #minimal #fakenews #subduedcolors #graphic #decor #minimalistart #interior #programming #predictiveprogramming #subdued #sophisticated #style #differentperspective #monochromatic #peaceful https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl5mUAEPG54/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: we apologise for this disruption in our regular programming. Please stay tuned while our technicians address the issue. There is no, I repeat, no connection to the Max Headroom incident of last night.

This #testpattern #teletext screen was drawn by @atonalosprey, moved by some of blippypixel's inspired glitchery, and included in the new MIST1121 artpack collection.

[mywifeleftme]

279: V/A // Sky Girl

Sky Girl Various Artists 2013/2016 (reissue), Not on label/Efficient Space (Bandcamp)

Funny little compilation here, assembled from various ‘60s to ‘90s private and art presses by two French DJs. Of course, clearance issues come for us all—the original independently-released 2013 CD version had a rather different track list than this 2016 vinyl reissue on the Australian Efficient Space label. Still, in either formulation Sky Girl has a wonderful melancholy sweetness, mapping an emotional Venn diagram between C86 indie, Vashti Bunyan, Arthur Russell, bedroom R&B, gawky synth pop, and beyond. Being largely* from the private press realm, the originals of these recordings are nearly all painfully pricey: Warfield Spillers’ “Daddy’s Little Girl” single crosses the soul ballad with Beat Happening lo-fi and will cost you $800; an original of the Rising Storm LP that contains “Frozen Laughter,” an impossibly delicate psychedelic idyll, will run you a cool six grand or so. Unlike a lot of comps that focus on this market, this isn’t really weirdo stuff. These people are for the most part fairly talented and seemingly sane people who are trying their best to make good music that will make the listener feel something. Some of them probably could’ve gotten a bite at the record industry apple with a little more luck, but a lot of the songs the compilers have selected have a private vibe that seems endemic to their nature, like overhearing something intended for a lover or a diary. Collectors pay a premium for that sense, like some Japanese novel about lovers who never meet but distantly pine in a waft of mutual déjà vu (this I guess is the plot of Le double vie de Véronique also, and “Ana Ng”).

I would’ve loved if the compilation’s liners had offered more of the stories of these recordings, though it’s admittedly fun to Do My Own Research sometimes. (And the reissue cover is lamentably drab.) The 2016 version of the comp is readily available on streaming platforms for those who wish to sample—I especially recommend prolific indie cassette artist Linda Smith’s “I So Liked Spring,” Australian minimal wave obscurity Karen Marks’ “Cold Café,” and the robotic puberty-angst groover “Feeling Sheepish” by Some of My Best Friends Are Canadians. But Sky Girl really is more than the sum of its parts, as any good mixtape should be.

279/365

* The CD version did open with a track by the Haruomi Hosono-affiliated duo Testpattern that was well-distributed, in Japan at least.

[notational]

testPatterning 0

[miragestation]

Mirage Station playlist for February 1st, 2023

1. Pearl & The Oysters “Konami” (Stones Throw 2023) 2. Testpattern “Sea Breeze” from Après-Midi (Yen Records 1982) 3. 清水靖晃 Yasuaki Shimizu “セミ取りの日 Semi tori no hi” from 案山子 Kakashi (Better Days 1982) 4. Stereolab “Prisoner Of Mars” from Dots And Loops (Elektra 1997) 5. TKB “DN82” from Dream Nightclub (Where to Now? 2022) 6. 鈴木茂 Shigeru Suzuki “砂の女 Suna no onna” from Band Wagon (Panam 1975) 7. 山下達郎 Tatsuro Yamashita “翼に乗せて Tsubasa ni nosete” from Spacy (RCA 2002 Original 1977) 8. 佐藤マサ＆香港フラワーズ “蜜月旅行 Mitsugetu Ryokou” from チョップスティック・ウィザード Chopstick Wizard (Bridge 2005 Original 1976) 9. Pacific 231 ”Gomen-Nasai” from Miyashiro (Daisyworld Discs 1998) 10. Arthur Lyman “Brazilleros” from More Exotic Sounds Of Arthur Lyman (Norma 1993) 11. Johan Dalgas Frisch “Loch Lomond” from Symphony Of The Birds (MGM 1968) 12. Yo La Tengo “Aselestine” from This Stupid World (Matador 2023)

[drawdownbooks]

Munken, Design, Test, Print, Kristal, Polar, Pure (Doosung Paper DxD Project) / Available at www.drawdown.com / DD Project is a collaborative program between Doosung Paper and designers. For each project, Doosung Paper invites a designer to express inspirations from the paper suggested by Doosung Paper. This is the first project from the program. #SulkiandMin were inspired by a remark from a long-past #graphicdesign competition that argued that designer's own portfolios, printer's calendars, or paper specimens, should not be allowed entry. The reason? They are just about means, not ends, of graphic design. The argument continued: a project that does not have any “real” problem but to show off its own excellence as a means of communication should not be encouraged by a professional competition. Means and ends should not be confused. Confusing means and ends is the heart of this work. Munken, Design, Test, Print, Kristal, Polar, Pure has been made to show the quality of a particular brand of paper: #MunkenDesign. The only “content” of the book is the printing quality #testpatterns. The patterns, however, have been disassembled and reassembled to an image that seems to say something for itself. Not just a means — although still a means — but content in its own right. Instead of denying its own nature and trying to be something else, this book chooses to transform itself by over-fulfilling its own purpose. And it probably won't be entering any competitions. Designed by #SulkiandMin #graphicdesign #typography #testpatterns

[pegritz]

ON. Illustration for the forthcoming Test Patterns anthology! #drawing #illustration #penandink #copic #copicmarkers #monochrome #surreal #creepy #weird #brain #occult #testpatterns #pennsylvania #pittsburgh #pegritz (at Starbucks)

[nathansurrealart]

"Resonance Frequency"

Art by Nathan Benedict

One of my latest visions during astral projection. This perlescent creature with a body made of stars appeared in front of me, set against a colourful sky. It turned towards me and told me not to be afraid. It was peaceful and calming... 🐝🦌

[nickthehat]

Teaser sneak-peek at the art i did for Test Patterns, a collection of short speculative fictions in the vein of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Night Gallery, etc. From Planet X Publications . Coming soon... You can reserve copies here. https://www.gofundme.com/39qw5ps. #testpatterns #tv #twilightzone #outerlimits #theouterlimits #nightgallery #thenightgallery #anthology #weirdfiction #horror #sciencefiction #scifi #strangetales #bookcover #sneakpeek #pink #green #hand #ectoplasm

[eddievillanueva]

“Test Pattern” 10/26/2021 —- #test #pattern #testpattern #pentest #inktest #drawing #sketchbook #art #artprofessor #artschool #artprofessorlife #artschoollife #sketch #draw #pen #ink #collage #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #dailydrawing #drawingoftheday #doodle #scribble https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgHxBKlKho/?utm_medium=tumblr

[artinovo]

Begin Transmission Transmission Ends Was actually thinking about ET contact when I made this.... And not for anything relevant today in 2022.... though is does seem eerily appropriate 🤷‍♂️ #artistic #artist #transmission #scifi #testpattern #artprint #amazingart #graphic #graphicdesign #design #logo #space #thoughtcontrol #transmissionends #test #idiocracy #creative #wakeup #graphic #cov19 #logotype #interior #newreality #truthandlies #message #text #style #freedomofspeech #coronation #raiseyourvibration https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVI1LrvMW4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nipponvinyl]

Après-Midi (1982, Yen Records)

[postpunkindustrial]

Testpattern - Tokyo TV Spot (1984)

[yorozu]

チカチカの「宇宙のダンシングスター」のGNPによるリミックスです。テストパターンの名曲「HOPE」を完コピしてヴォーカルをマッシュアップしました。