James Wickstead designed the Fischer-Price PXL Pixelvision, one of a small number of starter camcorders marketed to children in the late eighties, to produce cheap home videos that mimicked the densely textured monochrome cinematography of Ingmar Bergman. Unsurprisingly, it was discontinued after only a year – the average young American being less appreciative of the European auteur than Wickstead anticipated – but the qualities that made it a commercial failure as a toy secured its status as a cult object. Pixelvision has enjoyed an esteemed afterlife, according to The New York Times, as a “serious cinematographic tool” and DIY countercultural marvel.