Donwood, describing their artistic process at the time of The Bends, said: “We had a video camera and went out filming material, all sorts of things, it didn’t really matter what it was. We then played it back on Thom’s TV and photographed the TV screen with a film camera.
“At the time, all of the TVs were analogue. So, when you got close to them, their display was really interesting, like a pre-pixel world.”
Yorke said: “Blowing it up would pixelate it. Then we stretched the image, distorted it a bit to exaggerate the expression.”
“Not very much, though, because I think we had a deadline the next day… from the record company,” Donwood added.