By formalized, I refer to the introduction of deliberate techniques like databending, datamoshing, and other forms of algorithmic manipulation like pixel sorting.ĭatabending, for example, is about editing the information contained within the digital file that is used to define an image or photograph.
In particular electronic artists, aka new media artists, aka digital artists have now formalized the creation of glitch art. So too has the definition of what constitutes glitch art. So Night Glitch clearly qualifies as an example of glitch art.Īs time has passed, the techniques used to create glitch art have expanded. Turning to Wikipedia, glitch art is defined as: the practice of using digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices. Look up the definition of the word glitch and you will see that it means a defect or malfunction or error or problem in a machine or a system or a plan. The concept of glitch allowed me to capitalize on my corrupted file. I don't know how or when it happened but data in the file for an abstract photograph I had taken became corrupted and the image above was the surprise that greeted me when I opened that file in a photo viewer.
