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  • Can Glitch Art go public?

    A few weeks ago I put forward a proposal for a public art project that focuesd on augmented reality. There could be some confusion over what is meant by public art (if a gallery/event is free to enter isn’t it public?) so I’ll borrow the definition from Wikipedia, which, for all its faults provides…

  • Graduated!

    This week I had my graduation ceremony. What’s next?

  • Teaching Glitch Art for GLI.TC/H

    Part of Birmingham City University‘s involvement in GLI.TC/H 2011 involved me teaching Kate Pushkin, a student on the MA Digital Arts in Performance course, how to “do” glitch art, with the aim of devising a ~15 minute piece to be performed at GLI.TC/H. Given the number of tutorials and tools that are available online…

  • Notes on Notes on Glitch

    Hugh S. Manon and Daniel Temkin recently published a great paper on glitch art called “Notes on Glitch“. It reads more like a collection of thoughts than one concise paper, but it’s still an awesome read. Glitch Safari (from myself and noteNdo) and Dataface both receive a mention in the gallery, along with other…

  • Exhibition Catalogues!

    After a few hiccups at the post office the catalogues from some exhibitions and festivals where my work was shown have arrived! What is your glitch? 1bitgifavibmpbmpcmykbmprgbjpgmpgpcxpixpngppmsgisvgtgawebp was shown alongside a host of really awesome glitch videos at Leeds International Film Festival last November.   Thanks to John McAndrew for organising the screening and…

  • </2011>

    2011 was probably one of the most exciting years in terms of my artistic development. Overall, it’s seen a lot of my work go out into the wild, rather than just sitting on a server or on my computer. January January was pretty slow and saw me mostly carrying on with my studies at…

  • GLI.TC/H Birmingham

    GLI.TC/H Birmingham happened on 19th November at VIVID and I’ve only just had time to recover from it. As the curator of GLI.TC/H Birmingham I’d like to give my own set of thanks: Arts Council England for supporting GLI.TC/H Birmingham. Birmingham City University, in particular two staff members: Gregory Sporton, for supporting the event,…

  • Extrafile

    By now we’ve all seen so many jpg and bmp glitches that they’ve almost become just another effect. Unfortunately, due to the limited amount of image file formats there are only a finite number of ways to exploit them. Extrafile, by Kim Asendorf, is a great response to this. The application allows one to…

  • Glitched Badges

    A limited amount of glitched badges featuring stills from this video are now available for £2.25 plus postage and packaging. Sold in packs of two randomly chosen designs. Can also be exchanged for beer</joke>

  • Zen audio hack

    Awhile back I acquired a Creative ZEN Stone mp3 player. It was a a little scuffed around the edges but otherwise a perfectly functional mp3 player. For some time I was using a pair of regular headphones but then I tried using in a pair of iPhone headphones (and then later HTC headphones). The…