Rosa Menkman - Glitch Studies Manifesto.pdf

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1、Rmenkman@gmail.com.Amsterdam/Cologne,2009/2010http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.comThedominant,continuingsearchforanoiselesschannelhasbeen,andwillalwaysbenomorethanaregrettable,ill-fateddogma.Eventhoughtheconstantsearchforcompletetransparencybringsnewer,‘better’media,everyoneofthesenewand

2、improvedtechnologieswillalwayshavetheirownfingerprintsofimperfection.Whilemostpeopleexperiencethesefingerprintsasnegative(andsometimesevenasaccidents)Iemphasizethepositiveconsequencesoftheseimperfectionsbyshowingthenewopportunitiestheyfacilitate.Inthebeginningtherewasnoise.Thentheart

3、istmovedfromthegrainofcelluloidtothemagneticdistortionandscanninglinesofthecathoderaytube.hewanderedtheplanesofphosphorburn-in,rubbedawaydeadpixelsandnowmakesperformancesbasedonthecrackingofLCDscreens.Theelitistdiscourseoftheupgradeisadogmawidelypursuedbythenaivevictimsofapersistentu

4、pgradeculture.Theconsumeronlyhastodial#1-800tostayontopofthetechnologicalcurve,thewavesofbotheuphoriaanddisappointment.Theuserhastorealizethatimprovingisnothingmorethanaproprietaryprotocol,adeludedconsumermythaboutprogressiontowardsaholygrailofperfection.Disputetheoperatingtemplateso

5、fcreativepractice;fightgenresandexpectations!Ifeelstuckinthemembranesofknowledge,governedbysocialconventionsandacceptances.AsanartistIstrivetorepositionthesemembranes;Idonotfeellockedintoonemediumorbetweencontradictionslikerealvs.virtualordigitalvs.analog.Isurfthewavesoftechnology,th

6、eartofartifacts.Thequestforcompletetransparencyhaschangedthecomputersystemintoahighlycomplexassemblagethatisoftenhardtopenetrateandsometimesevencompletelyclosedoff.Thissystemconsistsoflayersofobfuscatedprotocolsthatfindtheirorigininideologies,economies,politicalhierarchiesandsocialco

7、nventions,whicharesubsequentlyoperatedbydifferentactors.Someartistssetouttoelucidateanddeconstructthehierarchiesofthesesystemsofassemblage.Theydonotworkin(binary)oppositiontowhatisinsidetheflows(thenormalusesofthecomputer)butpracticetheirartontheborderoftheseflows.Sometimes,theyuseth

8、ecomputers’i