Glitch Art in Theory and Practice - Critical Failures and Post-Digital Aesthetics

Glitch Art in Theory and Practice: Critical Failures and Post-Digital Aesthetics explores the concept of "glitch" alongside contemporary digital political economy to develop a general theory of critical media using glitch as a case study and model, focusing specifically on examples of digital art and aesthetics. While prior literature on glitch practice in visual arts has been divided between historical discussions and social-political analyses, this work provides a rigorous, contemporary theoretical foundation and framework.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Origins of 'Glitch' in The Stoppage
2. The Heritage of Materialist Media
3. Digital Misfunction and Materialist Approaches
4. Critical Engagements with Failure
Conclusion: Prospects
Glossary

About the author

Michael Betancourt is a theorist, historian, and artist concerned with digital technology and capitalist ideology. He is the author of The ____________ Manifesto, The History of Motion Graphics, Beyond Spatial Montage: Windowing, or, the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space, and The Critique of Digital Capitalism. He has exhibited internationally, and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish, and published in journals such as CTheory, Semiotica, and Leonardo.

Summary

Glitch Art in Theory and Practice: Critical Failures and Post-Digital Aesthetics explores the concept of "glitch" alongside contemporary digital political economy to develop a general theory of critical media using glitch as a case study and model, focusing specifically on examples of digital art and aesthetics. While prior literature on glitch practice in visual arts has been divided between historical discussions and social-political analyses, this work provides a rigorous, contemporary theoretical foundation and framework.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Betancourt, Michael (Savannah College of Art and D Betancourt, Michael (Savannah College of Art and Design Betancourt, Betancourt Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138219540
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21954-0
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Media Studies, Theory of art, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), Films, cinema, History of Art, Film, TV & radio, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General