GLI.TC/H Birmingham

Now in its second year, GLI.TC/H gathers a variety of participants + works + ideas from within glitch/dirty/experimental-new-media art communities into a multi-day & multi-format happening consisting of video screenings, real-time performances, workshops, lectures, panels, a gallery exhibition and on-going online components. Thinkers and artists; Makers and breakers converge to celebrate technological catastrophe. A glitch is a moment known to everyone but enjoyed by few. GLI.TC/H brings together those inspired/curious/provoked by glitches and provides a platform to break things, share thoughts, and develop ideas.

GLI.TC/H will include works from over 100 participants from more than a dozen countries and will be taking place in virtual-space at http://gli.tc/h and in real-space from Nov 3 - 6 in Chicago, US; Nov 11 - 13 in Amsterdam, NL; Nov 19 in Birmingham, UK.

Recent writings, works, and experiments in glitch art exemplify the potential of new-media-art to expose critical links within our (increasingly mediated) digital-culture. Last year’s conference brought a diverse and geographically scattered community together to discuss and share their works and ideas in real-time and real-space. The conversations had and connections made at GLI.TC/H 2010 have continued to develop virtually over the past year. GLI.TC/H 20111 will collate and celebrate these glitchy developments in an unstoppable multi-city event fueled by these chaotic communities and vibrant participants old and new.

With support from Arts Council England, Birmingham City University, VIVID and fizzPOP I curated the Birmingham event on November 19th 2011. The event included workshops, presentations, film screenings and performances by artists from national and international artists.

Artists

Notendo, Evan Meaney, Andrew Benson, Art of Failure, Dan Tombs, Ben Baker Smith & Evan Kühl, Jon Satrom, Rosa Menkman, Theodore Darst, Nick Briz, GLI.TC/H KARAOKE, Kate Pushkin, Minuek & Chromatouch, Nikki Pugh, fizzPOP, Gabriel Menotti