Glitched Art: Is Software a Whole New Animal? – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus

Glitched Art: Is Software a Whole New Animal? – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus

The software-as-animal metaphor is useful. Cates and other members of the glitch art community often hunt for coding defects (the eponymous glitches) in the ecosystem of computer programs. These glitches are considered feral or wild until they are captured and domesticated into more stable and repeatable forms: then they’re used to infect or mutate other media.