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Video artist Sadie Benning is among the most critically acclaimed pioneers of the PXL2000, one of which was given to them by their father James Benning around the age of 15. Benning's early video diary works gained popularity in the artist market, earning them a lasting reputation as an innovator, with an important presence in video art. [19] Chris O'Falt (August 9, 2018). "Pixelvision: How a Failed '80s Fisher-Price Toy Camera Became One of Auteurs' Favorite '90s Tools". IndieWire. The PXL2000 has received a minor revival in popularity since the 1990s among filmmakers, due to its point-and-shoot simplicity and low-grade aesthetic. Because the unit is degradable and obsolete, its use is aligned with a certain romanticized mortality, unfit for serious mainstream appropriation. Erik Saks wrote this: "Each time an artist uses a PXL2000, the whole form edges closer to extinction." [2] :93 Gerry Fialka, founder, organizer, and curator of the PXL THIS Film Festival In 2018, Toronto filmmaker Karma Todd Wiseman used a PXL2000 to shoot key scenes, processing the footage with enhanced monochrome. The custom PXL2000 camera was fitted with windshield mount suction cups and painted with the red and white paint scheme of the Canadian flag. [ citation needed]The PXL2000 was used by the characters Melody and Jess during the show Archive 81. [ citation needed] See also [ edit ] Cardy, Tom (November 19, 2008). "Passion for the pixel" (PDF). The Dominion Post (Wellington). p.D1 . Retrieved May 29, 2021.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Fox, Claire; Martin, Nicole (January 1, 2021). "Preserving Pixelvision: Image Vulnerability and the Early Video Works of Sadie Benning". Feminist Media Histories. University of California Press. 7 (1): 40–60. doi: 10.1525/fmh.2021.7.1.40. S2CID 234170231. The PXL2000 consists of a simple aspherical lens, an infrared filter, a CCD image sensor, a custom ASIC (the Sanyo LA 7306M), and an audio cassette mechanism. This is mounted in a plastic housing with a battery compartment and an RF video modulator selectable to either North American television channel 3 or 4. It has a plastic viewfinder and some control buttons.

Find sources: "PXL2000"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Artist John Humphrey's 2003 video, Pee Wee Goes to Prison was shot on a PXL2000, employing a cast of dolls and other toys to stage the imaginary trial, incarceration, and eventual pardoning (by newly-elected president Jesse Ventura) of Pee-wee Herman for the sale of Yohimbe. [ citation needed] Gerry Fialka 'PXL THIS' Archive (PA Mss 231)". University of California, Santa Barbara Library. 15 June 2021 . Retrieved July 7, 2021. Michael Almereyda used the camera for several of his films. Another Girl Another Planet (1992) and his short Aliens (1993) were shot with it entirely, it was used for point of view shots of the title character in Nadja (1994), and it was used by the title character to make video diaries in Hamlet (2000). [ citation needed]