The Art of Glitch | Off Book | PBS Digital Studios
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2012
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Glitches are the frustrating byproduct of technology gone awry. Wildly scrambled images, frozen blue screens, and garbled sounds signify moments where we want to throw our expensive computer products out the window. Many artists and programmers, however, have embraced these crisis moments and discovered beauty in the glitch. By hacking familiar systems, they intentionally cause glitches, and manipulate them to create art. Enjoying the aesthetics of technological mistakes defies the notion that technology and entertainment has to be a seamless experience. Most importantly, glitch artists reveal a certain soulfulness that emerges when complex streams of information, visual media, and our own lives converge in the chaos of the glitch.
Featuring:
Phillip Stearns / yearoftheglitch
Scott Fitzgerald www.ennuigo.com/
Anton Marini vade.info/
Daniel Temkin danieltemkin.com/
Additional artists featured:
Antonio Roberts and Jeff Donaldson: vimeo.com/groups/glitchsafari
Gustavo Fajardo: www.scoop.it/t/animated-gifs-b...
Music:
Henrik Jose: / henrikjose
Professor Kliq: / professorkliq
Shards: / shards
Yusuki Tsutsumi: / yusuke-tsutsumi
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I love glitch art and find all this stuff very inspiring. I definitely want to find out more and give it a go! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought glitchy billboards and travel boards were cool!
Yeah, I'm also reminded of traditional patterned textiles, especially fractal patterns in African design. Tho glitch feels more organic because it's not perfect patterns. You take something organic and then generate patterns from it, which makes it a very interesting nexus of art and math. Keep at it!
In case anyone was wondering what the song/music at 1:32 is: the artist is "Professor Kliq" and the song is "Pangea".
8 yrs later, but maybe yk what's playing on 3:05?
Great discussions of the "why" of glitch art here, and everyone is having so much fun!
one of first glitch-art i have ever seen was made on VHS and was based on errors that happen during re-recording movie [data] many times, and i think VHS tape was first medium that allowed to consciously glitch visual information
Great video, we are going to use this in our workshop to help explain glitch art to young artists we are working with.
A photo I took appears at 1:48! :)
I remembered when the phone glitched and merged shots into one image. I'd use magnets around computers just to see some effects.
The spandrel effect of art is the where the real power lies
finally someone recognizes us
words cannot express how much i love this video
I love that you made a video on this topic. You guys get it.
I didn't even know this was a thing... I think I found a new thing to get into
I'm really glad that they have Chris Cunningham's stuff slightly involved with this.
I'm talking about the scenes from 'All is Full of Love' glitched a bit.
I like how adult swim uses glitch art.
Love this, very informative and interesting. Also the video is edited so well, very professional.
The Glitch Mob makes some pretty badass music.
Great discussion!
I just love every single video of yours, you're awesome.
Slugabed - Moonbeam Rider
beautiful glitch art in there
Love this series ! ..
So beautiful.... thanks from S.Korea
Had no idea this was even a thing. Taking some code out of a file is really really easy to do.
This is how some of the best electronic music came about.
I was having ago at changing jpegs to txt files and editing them, but windows won't let me open the image once I've changed it back to jpeg because of data corruption. I've tried to open it on paint and photoshop too, same response. Is this something I can work around or does it only work on Macs? I'm just really curious about the outcomes.
Datamoshing & Circuit Bending!!
A nice little quick doc. They left out Glitch's grandparents, circuit bending, and hardware hacking. Also they left out a couple very important points. 1) Anyone can do it -- one doesn't need to know anything about electronics to get started. 2) BATTERY POWERED DEVICES ONLY -- This documentary left me with the feeling that I could pop open a TV and get started.... DO NOT OPEN A TELEVISION unless you absolutely know how to "discharge the CRT capacitor" -- you know, the one that can kill you.
This is pretty cool!
I keep on thinking the video is not working correctly only to realize it their art XD
And I experienced a glitch while reading your comment about experiencing a glitch while watching a video of a glitch.
Lov these guys
First track:
Henrik José - Energy Is For Henrik
Professor Kliq opening! great music.
would love to get my hands on some of those quartz composer patches...
Lol so nerdy! I like the nightclub "glitches" tho:)
Awesome video. It was a lot of fun to watch, and there were a lot of really cool ideas.
Although, the discussion of switching file types makes me wish you could type "me making out with a supermodel" in a .txt file, then open that .txt file as a .jpeg, and there's a picture of me making out with a supermodel.
I liked the part where they said machines had souls. Best joke I'd heard all week.
"It's not a bug! It's a feature!"
That's what this sounds like to me.
Going to wake up in tge morning and try this out
The thing he is talking about at 6:12 I keep trying it but my computer always says that the file is corrupted and it wont open it.
The music it is mentioned in the description
You should do a thing on the warez scene or the underground of the internet. That would be cool.
Spacecut by CNCD is in the related videos. Guess PBS has good taste in demo art!
I really enjoy glitch art honestly, especially music. A really good mash-up/glitch artist nowadays is Kids & Explosions, wish i'm a big fan of.
What's the live video software shown in the clip?
Lol my android glitched out while watching this video. Too damn cool.
does any one know the song that starts at 3:00?
mind blown..
lol.
Actually this reminds me of the Crooked Cartridge "glitch" for the N64. If you lift either the left or the right side (forget which) of the cart just ever so slightly out of the socket, things will get crazy, but the system will keep going.
Look up Goldeneye Gets Down. Also works with Ocarina of Time, and possibly others
Once I didn't finish an essay in high school. Changed the .doc as .txt and did the exact same at 2m28s . They teacher believed it was corrupt and let me hand it the next day. That's not art per se but, that did remind me of that. Odd.
Please, what is the software you are using from 3:32 to 4:15 ?
Refreshing.
Interesting stuff. Glitch and print textiles just seem like they were made for each other.
1:45 - what's the name of the song?
i know it, but i can't remind the title.
what is the song for the music video at 5:20
I get all of the sound effects in my various indie gaming projects (which I never finish) by importing .exe files as wave data in Audacity and then fucking with what I get from that.
Works pretty well, actually.
how do you change properties of photos on windows 7? someone please reply
The first computer art was a glitch. That's how we found out there was art in the computers.
oh my...
Watch Dogs 2 made me interested in Glitch art!
You merely adopted the gilch, i was born in it molded by it , i don't have a good computer until i was a man .
It's like a short documentary of people who think just like me!
I tried the trick where you turn an image to text and then back again, but there were only 4 symbols, "ÿØÿí" and when I tried to change them I got an error, it didn't even show up as a glitch. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
How do I find out about these glitch audio visual events? Im doing similar things, surely theres something happening in london? Ive found a couple of things in america, but london?
how do you change a jpg to a .txt file on windows??
You seem to care enough to warn me about it. That's sweet of you :)
This video glitched while I was playing it! GLITCHCEPTION
I experienced a glitch while watching a video of a glitch...
thanks for giving me epilepsy
That's sort of my point. These MAJOR safety issues should ALWAYS be included in documentaries of this type. By "this type" I mean interesting, inspiring, motivating examples of modern folk art. But typical "modern folk" don't know that some devices are extremely dangerous to tinker with, even LCD or LED devices if they are plugged in. I know that -- you know that -- but you'd be surprised how many people don't know that. Safety first, right?
I've been wanting to know how these video glitches are created:
5:48
its called datamoshing
CRTs (i.e. Cathode Ray Tubes -- old school television monitors) are fine for "displaying" glitch, and what have you. But NEVER open one up and poke around inside unless you know what you're doing. There is a "super cap" inside CRTs that can hold a charge long after the television has been turned off, and even unplugged. Discharged under the wrong circumstances (i.e., across your heart) it can kill you.
but that is exactly what it is, breaking it
How the hell do you achieve the effect at 5:20 ???
Adult Swim did it a bunch with their "Off The Air" series. I love glitch so much.
Art
is a bleu screen of death on a commercial board also glitch art???, because i always have to laugh when i see something like that :p
Speak of the devil; while I'm watching this video, my bro is versing a glitch like boss in the new Devil May Cry haha
Well, this is new to me
Half is a joyful figure.
Wonder if this has been used in fashion yet. (Off to watch Project Runway.)
did u find the name??
Aww...does this mean now we're going to have "glitchists"?
when you navigate through .mkv coded movie it happens very often
12 years too late but does any1 know the music at 3:05
5:49
Decasia is very similar. Old decaying film put to music.
Tried editing text from an image, it became corrupted.
Windows...
awesome video (word salad opener tho)
glitchception!!
It's like modern, technological Wabi Sabi. That's what it is. =)
This scrambled motion-awry hacking thing is like a mix between Marx’s wet Dream and Orwellian aftermath
watch in 144p for best expirience
To me, glitch art is about finding the organic within the determinate.
My flash player just bailed...
Just add .txt to the end and try to open it with a text editor.
How do you feel about using apps on an iPhone like Decim8 to create glitch using a palette that does not allow the user to alter code? Does it degrade the process of making glitch, making it cliche? What if someone were to use the app as a part of a recipe, then altering code thereafter? Either way, why is it not as valid, or is it valid, just in different ways? What might Duchamp say in this sense as the apps allow art making for the masses and in different even somewhat nontechnical ways? Is this an issue of exclusivity and inclusivity in art making? Just some thoughts.
I have been thinking this myself. I actually run some workshops on glitching and depending on the age depends on the method that I use. I think the apps are a great way in for younger people but as it says in part of this video a big part glitch art is the process of editing and braking.
omg so cool
Glitchin!!!!
glitch music=dubstep
that vid need an eplileptic-warning Oo