The Art of Glitch | Off Book | PBS

Glitches are the frustrating byproduct of technology gone awry. Wildly scrambled images, frozen blue screens, and garbled sounds signify moments where we want to throw our expensive computer products out the window. Many artists and programmers, however, have embraced these crisis moments and discovered beauty in the glitch. By hacking familiar systems, they intentionally cause glitches, and manipulate them to create art. Enjoying the aesthetics of technological mistakes defies the notion that technology and entertainment has to be a seamless experience. Most importantly, glitch artists reveal a certain soulfulness that emerges when complex streams of information, visual media, and our own lives converge in the chaos of the glitch.

Featuring:
Phillip Stearns http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/
Scott Fitzgerald http://www.ennuigo.com/
Anton Marini http://vade.info/
Daniel Temkin http://danieltemkin.com/

Additional artists featured:
Antonio Roberts and Jeff Donaldson: http://vimeo.com/groups/glitchsafari
Gustavo Fajardo: http://www.scoop.it/t/animated-gifs-b...

Music:
Henrik Jose: http://soundcloud.com/henrikjose
Professor Kliq: http://soundcloud.com/professorkliq
Shards: http://soundcloud.com/shards
Yusuki Tsutsumi: http://soundcloud.com/yusuke-tsutsumi

More Off Book:
Our last video on the amazing Worlds of Viral Video: http://youtu.be/eWTx-NDCwSk

We took a look at The Art of Logo Design: http://youtu.be/x3jTSB2ez-g

A meditation on slow-motion, time-lapse, photo micrography, and astrophotography: http://youtu.be/nWX4O7K5pyA

A sweet piece on The Evolution of 8-Bit Art: http://youtu.be/xYL1DsY8GMI

Our short documentary on The Culture of Reddit: http://youtu.be/fXGs_7Yted8

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[AeXMusic]

i cant believe you guys didnt mention glitchy music at all, not even the backgroundmusic was glitchhop, breakcore, IDM or something along those lines. If u make a video about glitchart it really should include that.

/watch?v=cI0AiFG5dXY

[kdawg3485]

missingno. just sayin

[wtFrabou]

Please, what is the software you are using from 3:32 to 4:15 ?

[Ju Young Chio]

So beautiful.... thanks from S.Korea

[pirahc]

I've made a ton of this stuff and didn't even know it! Just play a x264 compressed video in Windows Media Player.

[TARDISES]

Or glitches that the creators not only saw, but kept because the fans liked it - looking at you, Spycrab. (Hell, Valve even added a spycrab taunt to the very item (Disguise Kit) needed to perform that glitch!)

[princessboris]

glitch music is not a malfunction though, its made through a way more considered process, glitch art is made through faults

[Yhowbyjytub310]

and it has to be bitmap

[Yhowbyjytub310]

oh wait all you have to do is open it in wordpad