Glitch Art
First off, I find it very interesting how many ways there are to glitch art. Whether it be waiting for a glitch to happen, doing it yourself, or any of the other numerous ways, glitch art can be done through enough ways for it to be easy enough for everyone. Also, the seemingly random results from doing the glitch art yourself makes the whole process seem a whole lot cooler than it actually is. When we learned about glitch art in class, I thought it was exactly that, just a bunch of glitches to make a picture look cooler, but I was wrong. Glitch art does not equal glitch. It is any time an artist intentionally changes an image using glitches. Glitch artists can be met with error messages or any other ways of being stopped, which forces them to either follow their technology's rules, or actively break them. This makes being a glitch artist feel like being an outlaw. This video essay has really shown what makes glitch art "cool".
I'm glad to hear that your tapping into the activist side of Briz's arguments, which are truly integral to the whole concept of glitch art. In that the practice is way more about the means than the ends, it is a bit liberating. We don't always have to make clear, beautiful, or intentional products—sometimes the journey through all of the error messages and unexpected results is way more rewarding, and important to our culture's sense of digital literacy. In future written posts, try to find a way to connect your strong opinions to more details from the content, perhaps in this case even connecting them to Briz's thoughts on copyright.
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