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BUS TOPS - Introducing the Art of Failure

Following on from the previous post, the BUS TOPS blog has written up an introduction to Glitch Art:

Today (16/02) Bus-Tops starts its Glitch Art season, running till the end of the month. Do not adjust your eyes, Bus-Tops only appear to be displaying  ”faulty” images and animations.

But what is this “Glitch Art”? Why not display just “normal” artworks?

To appease your confusion, let’s first examine the term “Glitch Art”.

By definition, a glitch is a short-lived fault or malfunction in (usually) an electronic device or computer system which interrupts or derails the flow of data or functionality of a device. The malfunction is most often transient, coming and going intermittently.

There is more, including links to resources from some of the key players of the scene, which you can go read and discover here