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GLI.TC/H 2112 6-9 DEC, CHICAGO :: Press release.

Most of you will know that I co-organize a yearly festival called GLI.TC/H, this year taking place in Chicago from 6-9 dec. I just arrived in Chicago and crunchtime is def. on! Here is the press-release, please spread where you can, we love your participation. ████ █ ██ █ █ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██████ ██ █ █████ █ ██ ██ CONTACT: the gli.tc/h/bots EMAIL: glitch@gli.tc ⚠ ⚠⚠ ~~’! ه̒ͨ҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉ ه̒ͨ҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉...

TEDx talk :: Benchmarking the de/ranged

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This thursday I will give a talk at TEDx Utrecht .   The talk is called Benchmarking the de/ranged. 

The 'New' #Glitch aesthetics - exhibition

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A couple of weeks back, I was asked to curate a mini exhibition around glitch within the event ' the New Aesthetic : Coded Perception ' taking place the coming weeks at Setup, Utrecht.  To be asked to work with Glitch Art under the header of the 'New Aesthetic' felt, at least at first, counterproductive.  The New Aesthetic is a generalizing term; sometimes described as a Tumblr aesthetic (it involves the majority of all imagery available on Tumblr)[1]. It harbors a generalizing power that can easily ossify or commodify the urgencies at stake within any (new) media. Moreover, t he term New Aesthetic doesn't involve anything new, no ideals && is non-critical. Many say its not even an aesthetic (at least not a singular one).  Glitch on the other hand has an inherent potential of pushing and idealizing the non conformities of new media; it  harbors  a potential in its critical media aesthetics. However, since Bridles coinage of the term 'New Aesthetic' a...

An interview in Spanish for .move festival (by Teobaldo Lagos Preller)

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Rosa Menkman:  Xilitla - Glitch Rosa Menkman se propuso una particular aventura: entrar en un oasis en el desierto de San Luis Potosí, en el norte mexicano. Y descubrir por enésima vez Xilitla. Y la ruta de exploración es una que de arqueológica no tiene nada: se basa en el presente y sus posibilidades. " Soy una artista y teórica neerlandesa ", dice Menkman, quien lleva a cabo una residencia de dos meses en el país azteca y cuyo trabajo se concentra en las imperfecciones en medios análogos como digitales, que se explotan con fines estéticos, “ para generar artefactos visuales y sonoros ”. “ Debido a que los resultados finales se basan en cosas que la gente normalmente ignora o evita contemplar, las obras son a menudo sorpresivas en sus efectos, evocan una cierta reacción. Mi meta es que la gente reflexione, que mire mejor, que abra sus ojos a las tecnologías y no las vea como una especie de   caja negra a la que es imposible acceder o que no se puede entender. " Menkman...