Glitch Art in Theory and Practice

Michael Betancourt is a theorist, historian, and artist concerned with digital technology and capitalist ideology. He is the author of The ____________ Manifesto, The History of Motion Graphics, Beyond Spatial Montage: Windowing, or, the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space, and The Critique of Digital Capitalism. He has exhibited internationally, and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish, and published in journals such as CTheory, Semiotica, and Leonardo.

• Introduction1. Origins of 'Glitch' in The Stoppage2. The Heritage of Materialist Media3. Digital Misfunction and Materialist Approaches4. Critical Engagements with FailureConclusion: ProspectsGlossary

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