User:Clàudia/personal-research

Concepts behind glitch

1. Obviousness of the digital medium
2. Tension between reduction and excess
3. Tension between reification and critique
4. Tension between function an failure

Artists who use glitch

1. Paul B Davis
2. Rosa Menkman

Reflections

The glitched images I have been making, are made by changing the code of the image as if it was text. Therefore, when the image is decompressed, it looks different. This is not a glitch in the technology. However, it is a glitch in the aesthetic of the image.

Text references

1. Compression Aesthetics: Glitch From the Avant-Garde to Kanye West

Visual references

1. Paul B Davis video that mixes Umbrella by Rihanna with Zombie by Cranberries

Glitch for comercial purposes

1. Kanye West, Welcome To Heartbreak ft. Kid Cudi