Iman Moradi – Glitch Aesthetics

Glitch Aesthetics
Iman Moradi
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In the realm of the glitch though, full spectrum of glitch there are cases where the
techno-fetishistic or exploratory motive is more prominent than the actual subject
or content. The creation of Glitch-alike artwork doesn’t have to result in the
conveyance of meaning, it can be fulfilling and satisfying as a process 8 in itself, or
it can be for ‘Personal usage’ which ultimately leads to some form of
‘Enlightenment’ 9
Cory Arcangel provides one example of this in ‘Data Diaries’. In which he utilises
raw visualisations of non-visual data, namely his computers random access
memory. 10
In this case, the use of the glitch can be perceived as an attempt to explore or
facilitate the fetishisation of technology. In this work, conveying a particular
meaning through choice of subject matter is conceivably not the ultimate goal.
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Process is something that interests Tom Bett’s of Nullpointer and QQQ fame,
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Brian Kearns of Cosmic locksmith. Personal correspondence, see appendix.
10
Benjamin Fischer also deals with alternative data visualisation and raw image data manipulation. His
work Neurordnung particularly inspired myself.
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