| dc.description.abstract | Glitch Art is a plea for the flawed, for the technological lapse, for
the imperfect. This art form celebrates the variety of the error: from
electronic disruption and incomplete signal transmissions to digital
compression defects. In this thesis the appearance of an error aesthetic
in art history in general and the rising popularity of Glitch Art in
particular is related to historically relevant events. Those moments are
analyzed in which malfunctions disturb the logic of systems and
uncontrollable gaps become visible. The unstable moments which manifest
themselves through errors and noises and which are celebrated in
the form of art are illuminated from a philosophical, media theoretical
and historical perspective. The goal of this thesis was to explore the
development of an error aesthetic, to analyze the main steps in this
artistic field, and to link them to the progress of technology. This
paper is a time capsule, the reflection of a current statement of
artistic practice as seen from today’s status quo. The underlying theme
was to find out which ideas, concepts, methods and theories drive Glitch
Artists to define a Glitch Aesthetic, to study which philosophical
influences lift this genre up to a higher significance, and to finally
find the answer to the question whether Glitch can be a medium for a
broader audience. From the diversity of artists and pieces within this
genre thosemake visible the development of this genre | |
