11. tivalceleb rating the g litch! A rtists, thinkers, p erfo rm ers, m akers & &
b reakers g ather to intentio nally F C ◀S H ┐U P
reative co m m unity b uild ing (D IT = D o It T o g ether), p o king and p ushing . T he
G LI.T C /H hap p ening s aim to b ring like-erro r-m ind ed b ug co llecto rs to g ether
IR L, to eng ag e/chat/d eb ate, share w o rk/id eas/co ncerns, fo ster
co llab o ratio ns and raise the b ar o n q uality o f w o rk/tho ug ht/w riting & &
end eavo rs w ithin the g litch art co m m unities.
Fro m the þrst G LI.T C /H in 2 0 1 0 o n, w e co nscio usly ad o p ted a free and
o p en D IT ethic. T here are no sub m issio n fees and there are no ticket sales.
W e b elieve that (exo rb itant) entrance fees and exclusive p asses can o ften
create o b stacles ag ainst the kind o f ho rizo ntalp articip atio n w e aim fo r.
O ther elem ents that co ntrib ute to o p enness are: o p en callfo r w o rk,
co llab o rative d o cs fo r p ub licatio n (R EA D ER [R O R ]), co o rd inated d eb ates, an
o ng o ing active o nline research w ikiand w o rksho p s w hich rang e fro m
creative co d ing to har
tivalceleb rating the g litch! A rtists, thinkers, p erfo rm ers, m akers & & b reakers g ather to
intentio nally F C ◀S H ┐U P
reative co m m unity b uild ing (D IT = D o It T o g ether), p o king and p ushing . T he G LI.T C /H hap p ening s
aim to b ring like-erro r-m ind ed b ug co llecto rs to g ether IR L, to eng ag e/chat/d eb ate, share w o rk/
id eas/co ncerns, fo ster co llab o ratio ns and raise the b ar o n q uality o f w o rk/tho ug ht/w riting & &
end eavo rs w ithin the g litch art co m m unities.
Fro m the þrst G LI.T C /H in 2 0 1 0 o n, w e co nscio usly ad o p ted a free and o p en D IT ethic. T here are
no sub m issio n fees and there are no ticket sales. W e b elieve that (exo rb itant) entrance fees and
exclusive p asses can o ften create o b stacles ag ainst the kind o f ho rizo ntalp articip atio n w e aim
fo r. O ther elem ents that co ntrib ute to o p enness are: o p en callfo r w o rk, co llab o rative d o cs fo r
p ub licatio n (R EA D ER [R O R ]), co o rd inated d eb ates, an o ng o ing active o nline research w ikiand
w o rksho p s w hich rang e fro m creative co d ing to har
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tivalceleb rating the g litch! A rtists, thinkers, p erfo rm ers, m akers & & b reakers g ather to
intentio nally F C ◀S H ┐U P
reative co m m unity b uild ing (D IT = D o It T o g ether), p o king and p ushing . T he G LI.T C /H
hap p ening s aim to b ring like-erro r-m ind ed b ug co llecto rs to g ether IR L, to eng ag e/chat/d eb ate,
share w o rk/id eas/co ncerns, fo ster co llab o ratio ns and raise the b ar o n q uality o f w o rk/tho ug ht/
w riting & & end eavo rs w ithin the g litch art co m m unities.
Fro m the þrst G LI.T C /H in 2 0 1 0 o n, w e co nscio usly ad o p ted a free and o p en D IT ethic. T here
are no sub m issio n fees and there are no ticket sales. W e b elieve that (exo rb itant) entrance fees
and exclusive p asses can o ften create o b stacles ag ainst the kind o f ho rizo ntalp articip atio n w e
aim fo r. O ther elem ents that co ntrib ute to o p enness are: o p en callfo r w o rk, co llab o rative d o cs
fo r p ub licatio n (R EA D ER [R O R ]), co o rd inated d eb ates, an o ng o ing active o nline research w ikiand
w o rksho p s w hich rang e fro m creative co d ing to har
GLI.TC/Hgathersavarietyofparticipants+works+ideasfromwithinglitch/dirty/experimental-
new-mediaartcommunitiesintoamulti-day&multi-threadedhappening.
Thedays(atHighConceptLabs)arereservedforcreativeproblemcreation,
Theevenings(atTriTriangle&&theGalleryFKAHappyDog)willfunctionastheresultingoutputs
oftheseintentionally-inducedmishaps>>.
FormoreinformationontheindividualthreadsseeP.413andP.422
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13.
14. reative co m m unity b uild ing (D IT = D o It T o g ether), p o king and p ushing . T he G LI.T C /H
hap p ening s aim to b ring like-erro r-m ind ed b ug co llecto rs to g ether IR L, to eng ag e/chat/d eb ate,
share w o rk/id eas/co ncerns, fo ster co llab o ratio ns and raise the b ar o n q uality o f w o rk/tho ug ht/
w riting & & end eavo rs w ithin the g litch art co m m unities.
Fro m the þrst G LI.T C /H in 2 0 1 0 o n, w e co nscio usly ad o p ted a free and o p en D IT ethic. T here
are no sub m issio n fees and there are no ticket sales. W e b elieve that (exo rb itant) entrance fees
and exclusive p asses can o ften create o b stacles ag ainst the kind o f ho rizo ntalp articip atio n w e
aim fo r. O ther elem ents that co ntrib ute to o p enness are: o p en callfo r w o rk, co llab o rative d o cs
fo r p ub licatio n (R EA D ER [R O R ]), co o rd inated d eb ates, an o ng o ing active o nline research w ikiand
w o rksho p s w hich rang e fro m creative co d ing to har
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as/concerns,fostercollaborationsandraisethebaronqualityofwork/thought/
eavorswithintheglitchartcommunities.
GLI.TC/Hin2010on,weconsciouslyadoptedafreeandopenDITethic.Thereareno
esandtherearenoticketsales.Webelievethat(exorbitant)
entrancefeesand
sescanoftencreateobstaclesagainstthekindofhorizontal
participationweaim
lementsthatcontributetoopennessare:opencallforwork,
collaborativedocsfor
(READER[ROR]),coordinateddebates,anongoingactiveonlineresearchwikiand
whichrangefromcreativecodingtohar
!!""▄!"#$%&!&'(!)(*'+$,$-.*/,!0,.&*'!.
Ourdailylivesarecontrolledby(invisible)technologiesand
protocols,normsandconventions.Somepeopleareafraidof
whileothersdon’tnormallyreflectorrealizetheir
and/orauthoritativerulings.
However,themomentaglitch
breakfromanexpectedfloworform)takesplace,the
itstransparencyanditseverpresentrulesbecomevisible.
Technically,aglitchisbestunderstoodasanunexpected,
unwantedconsequenceofaninterruptionwithintechnology.
Missing
videostreamsandskippingdiscsarenormal,yetgenerally
occurrences.
Butaglitchcanalsobringapositivepotential:togenerate
theconstructednessofadigitalroutine.Aglitchcan
windowintotechnology,touncoverandteachusabouta
isincontrol.
Artistshavetraditionallybeenamongstthefirstto
contemporarydevelopmentsandstatesofoursociety.They
nowisthetimewhenitismostimportanttopush,educate
>>>>>>>>>
!!""▄!"#$%&!0123)456!
GLI.TC/Hwasasimpleideathatwashatcheduponthenotionofkindred
spiritsgatheringtogetherandengaging/chatting/debatingtheissues/
theories/concernsoffailure,systems,art,andglitches.Outofthatsimple
idea,grewamulti-facetedhappeningencompassingglitchartexhibitions,
videoscreenings,paneldiscussions,realtimeaudio/videoperformances,
hackingworkshops,publications,andongoingonlinecomponents.
Theseeventshavehelpedtogather,connect,exposeandcultivatean
extremelydiverse,amazinglydeep,somewhatquirkycommunity
madeupfromartists,educators,tinkerers,hackersandapublic
existingaroundandbeyondthisfieldthatcelebratesandinvestigates
technologicalmishaps,digitalhiccups,andfailure.
Throughoutthelastthreeyears,GLI.TC/Hhasbecomeaglobally
recognizedcontext/platformforcreativefolkstosharetools,skills,and
ideasconcerningbreaksintechnology:whathascometobeknownasthe
genre‘glitchart.
GLI.TC/Hhasneverbeenandwillneverbejustastatic,whiteorblackboxed
exhibitionspace.OrganizationallyGLI.TC/Hisbestdescribedasakindofdemo-
party/glitch-school,directlyfocusedontheconversation.Indoingso,GLI.TC/H
strivestocontributeandbuildacriticalcommunitynotonlybybeingacontext
butalsoaframeworkforknowledgegenerationanddistribution.
(atechnological
technologygivesup
theirinherent
thesetechnologies
ubiquitousness
plugins,buggy
unwelcome
anawarenessof
functionasa
systemthat
reflectonnew
believethat
andopenup
theglitch
breaksasacypher
throughthesurface
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