Year of the Glitch

Stills from Idol No More

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:43:16 -0400

Excerpt of Idol No More A Remix of Idle No More, by Stine Marie...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:26:24 -0400

Excerpt of Idol No More

A Remix of Idle No More, by Stine Marie Jacobsen, for the 2013 Turku Biennial in Finland.

Sound and Video Processing by Phillip Stearns

Example of abstraction utilizing datamoshing techniques, mirroring and layering via various blend modes in Adobe Premiere.

photojojo: Phillip Stearns electrocutes unexposed instant film...

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:49:10 -0400

photojojo:

Phillip Stearns electrocutes unexposed instant film with 15,000 volts.

He also pours various household chemicals (like bleach) onto the prints to make the colors and corrosion you see. The process is about as beautiful as the end result. You can watch how it’s done here.

We asked Phillip a few questions about his process:

What inspired you to apply electricity to film as opposed to just chemicals?

My explorations were guided most by what materials I had available. A big batch of this instant color film was being thrown out, presumably by a photographer in my building transitioning out of analog film. Two years ago, I received a batch of neon tubes and high voltage ballasts to drive them. After tinkering with interrupting the process of developing the film (after exposing to light) and discovering the painterly qualities such physical manipulations produced, I started to think about how else I work with the film.

Through experimenting with digital cameras a couple of years prior to these experiments in film, I became aware of Hiroshi Suigimoto’s work of subjecting photopaper to electric discharges and thought that I could try something similar with the neon ballasts and the color film itself.

How did you go about making sure your process was actually safe to do?

I caution, again, this is not safe. No one should try this on their own, unless assisted by a qualified electrician trained in dealing with high voltages, and a physician. Death by electrocution is quite real.

Any other tips or comments you have for photographers who want to explore analog or digital experiments?

Look at what you have around you. Use it differently. Look for potentials that exist just beyond, hidden within the normally prescribed perception of things. Play, but be smart about it. Be safe.

Film Electrocuted with 15,000 Volts of Electricity

I have been trying to understand the idea of “analog glitch” only to come away with processes that reveal the glitch as invisible with only the artifact remaining as a trace of its having been.

loompreview gifs from stallio!

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:33:38 -0400

loompreview gifs from stallio!:

submitted as a link for easier reblogging

Regarding LoomPreview: Any plans to add Alpha channel? And options for the order in which data is read? (eg: flip rows, interlaced vs non-interlaced)

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:32:43 -0400

There are loads of features like the ones you’ve pointed out that would be super cool to have. I don’t have immediate plans to implement them, but am hoping that someone out there in the community can help continue development.

Attention Fellow Glitchers! I have an awesome new tool to share...

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:20:41 -0400

Attention Fellow Glitchers! I have an awesome new tool to share with you:

Loom Preview

Written by Paul Kerchen, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at NOTACON 2013 where I was presenting the Glitch Textiles project. After talking about some ideas for the future of the project, we sat down and designed a simple utility that allows you to visualize RAW data in a wider variety of ways than available through applications like Photoshop or Gimp (even Irfanview!). Currently it’s WIN only but am hoping that the community can expand this application or integrate it into other image manipulation environments.

Visualized above is the raw data for the LoomPreview executable file as a 3-bit RGB image 384 pixels wide.

Waz Cookin'?

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:59:49 -0400

I am working on a couple of projects this month (will share some pics soon!), but what I really wanna know is what YOU are up to! Got something cool to share? Submit it! http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/submit

Help me support an emerging NY Experimental Media Art...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:02:45 -0400

Help me support an emerging NY Experimental Media Art organization: Signal Culture, by contributing to their fundraising campaign on Indie GoGo:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/signal-culture

Contribute at the $525 level and receive an iTunes executable Binary Blanket (pictured above).

Your contributions don’t have to be massive, every bit helps!

Top 10 Student Works from my Illuminated Errors course on...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:29 -0400

Top 10 Student Works from my Illuminated Errors course on Skillshare

Index, Scale, Convert, Find, Replace, Repeat

by Bradley Urso

See the full project here: http://www.skillshare.com/Illuminated-Errors-Create-Visual-Glitch-Art/663009154/28747861/projects/7449

Glitch Textiles presents: Binary Blankets A collection of...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:25:20 -0400

Glitch Textiles presents: Binary Blankets

A collection of blankets aimed at making visible the hidden data structures that give shape to everyday life. The materiality of our digital age is composed of binary data encoded on electronic devices and transmitted through the airwaves on invisible frequencies of light. As an alternative to the screen, Binary Blankets literally gives you a way to experience the fabric of this otherwise invisible and intangible side of our digital world.

This initial collection features designs from a handful of binary files from programs such as Microsoft Word, iTunes, Google Chrome, and Mac OSX.

$350 USD + $15 Shipping (see site for details)