Year of the Glitch

May 24, 2013

Day 4 @ TextielLab Textielmusuem Tilburg, NL

The palette is fixed and I’ve settled on my final design constraints and source material. For the next two working days in the lab, I’ll be weaving fragments from core memory dumps. Raw binary data from my system RAM have been rendered into a 6-bit color-space with a total of 64 colors. The data itself is a collection of fragments of files, images, sounds, temporary data and programs, a sketch of my activities assembled according to the obscure logic of my operating system.

Complete documentation of the process and resources will come in the following weeks.

After having my PC Laptop, camera, and audio recorder stolen on a train to Amsterdam, I am in debt to my dear friend Jeroen Holthuis for helping me write a program in Processing which performs variable bits per channel rendering of raw binary data in a similar fashion to Paul Kerchen’s LoomPreview. He has also been kind enough to loan me his camera and host me for some of my time in the Netherlands. Many thanks!

5:39pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZX7FGwlkqyxJ

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May 23, 2013

Memory Fragments

Images created by rendering fragments of raw binary data from a memory core dump as 432px wide 6-bit RGB image files.

6:17pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZX7FGwlgRNip

(Notes: 181)

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April 23, 2013

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.

Each Design Limited to an Edition of 5.
$350 USD + $15 Shipping (see site for details)

2:25pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZX7FGwjN8JNs

(Notes: 4,885)

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December 6, 2012

Gli.tc/H round 3 starts today!

GLI.TC/H 2112: DEC 6-9:CHICAGO ++

This is going to be loads of fun! See you there!

Schedule

11:32am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZX7FGwYnUwef

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December 4, 2012

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Forest for the Trees (Series)

HD video shot while driving through the Rocky Mountain National Park was databent in Audacity. Quicktime 7 Pro playback artifacts are animated to produce the following GIF.

9:01am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZX7FGwYeUPEB

(Notes: 67)

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November 28, 2012