Glossary

Artists producing visual glitches have engaged in a limited range of protocols for their creations and deployment in their work. This glossary provides a general framework for considering the types of manipulation and their relationship to the digital technology that produces the work. The production of glitches falls into five general categories that begin with the digital file itself and progress towards the physical presentation of the work, shifting from a manipulation of the virtual, digital instructions that are the file towards the literal presentation of that file for an audience.

(1) Data Manipulation

Data manipulation covers a range of approaches and protocols, all of which are focused on the transformation and alteration ...

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