Iman Moradi – Glitch Aesthetics

Glitch Aesthetics
Iman Moradi
original image also relates, to mistranslation.
Dramatic tonal changes also affect an image’s mood and can be seen as a form of
fragmentation.
Fragmentation also has the effect of drawing attention to an otherwise perfect
image no matter how subtle or disproportionately small it is in relation to the
original undisturbed image. 20
Replication/repetition
Partial causes for program-based glitches are infinite loops, division by zero’s and
null pointers. The unanticipated consequences, of such programmatic structures
in image delivery may result in visual cloning or repetition.
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these are areas where pixels are left behind.
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High pass filters on compressed images also produce such results.
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more on this can be found in the realm of ‘visual psychophysics.’ “Psychophysics is concerned with
describing how an organism uses its sensory systems to detect events in its environment” see:
http://www.psychophysics.org/ and http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~itti/attention/images/
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