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Glitch art and Databending

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matt.s
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im learning how to do it. here is some OC from me.
if you have made any, post some up!

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Oct 20 2012 3:03PM
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dispatchQ_main
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Really not a fan.
Oct 20 2012 4:16PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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do you just open up the code and see what happens or do you actually know how to affect the colours and placement of the pixels?

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Oct 20 2012 5:52PM
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matt.s
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^ for me, its a combination of trial and error and knowing a basic amount of what happens when i do what.
Oct 22 2012 9:57PM
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Holte
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uh huh. And what do you do?
Oct 22 2012 10:49PM
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gravel
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i thoroughly enjoy this
Oct 22 2012 10:56PM
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matt.s
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hex editing and text editing, this involves taking the source code and rearranging it / changing it.

also audacity bending. that involves converting the image to a sound file, changing the sounds, and converting it back to an image file.
Oct 23 2012 7:22PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Made these about a year ago.
I turned the second one into a lithograph.
Oct 23 2012 7:37PM
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Sklar
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is this like the dubstep of art?
Nov 18 2012 8:31PM
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[~_~]
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Dubstep is the dubstep of art.
Nov 19 2012 11:50AM
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matt.s
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^ im digging the eyeball one. i would quote it but dont want to quotebomb the thread
Nov 20 2012 10:27PM
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Brock.
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Adam Ferriss

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Such amazing stuff. I would love to know how its done...
Nov 20 2012 11:26PM
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skiP.E.I.
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^that's incredible
Nov 21 2012 8:27PM
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Low.End
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^^that's super cool. anyone want to shed some light on how this is done?
Nov 21 2012 10:54PM
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GHardie
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really not sure what to think of this. the stuff from that adam ferriss dude is cool but most of the stuff on his website seems to just be photo manipulations that kinda suck. I just dont see the point in this why not just use actual artistic talent instead of fucking with code until things look cool.
Nov 22 2012 4:54PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Sometimes it's exciting to introduce an element you can't fully predict or control into your art. Like any media, it can be a good tool to enhance your ideas or subject.
Nov 22 2012 6:17PM
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panojibber.
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This.

Glitch has a long history in music and other art forms too, its common for more innovative EDM artists to actually open up their synths and mess with the circuits (circuit bending), or record sounds to CDs and then draw on the CDs with sharpies to produce glitch effects.

I also kind of feel like its an answer to the analog-heads, who ONLY shoot film, or ONLY record to reel-to-reel, or only use a darkroom. Granted, they have reasons for doing these things, but glitch art shows that digital mediums are also valuable, and also produce desirable results.

On the subject of glitch art, thought it was pretty funny that Deadmau5 put a glitchy version of october on his album....
Nov 22 2012 6:25PM
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Brock.
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Even in the darkroom, there are endless ways to tinker with your negs and get very interesting images, like scratching, playing around with your chemicals to get weird tones, adding different solutions (ex: bleach bypass), and lots of different filters while enlarging. There is nothing wrong with pushing a media to it's limits, you just need to decide when it is necessary, and if it is contributing to your image in a meaningful way. To some people it may seem like Adam is just creating and displaying these images "because he can", without any kind of economy or decision making process, which is kind of boring. I think it's awesome simply because I'm new to the media, just like how pretty much everyone was blown away by the first movie projection of a horse running or whatever.
Nov 23 2012 3:16AM
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skiP.E.I.
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like the ground in the bottom right corner in this is solarized for instance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowfallwarning/8200534915/in/photostream/
Nov 23 2012 5:51PM
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