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The purpose of a test card was to enable you to set the configuration on your television set and each differen't part of the test card has a purpose (to set the contrast or the aspect ratio for example). This makes them more than just pretty pictures and I didn't realise just how many there were and how diverse they could be, alot of them are extremely well designed... they're amazing images.
Reminds me of the work by Eduardo Paolozzi, another huge inspiration of mine. Video works in a grid like fashion. Artists like Paolozzi and Bjorn Copeland used grids in astounding ways to create kaleidoscopic collages...
Bjorn Copeland is in an electronic noise band Black Dice and has made this great video...
