Glitch vs Net.art
グリッチ / ネット・アート
Glitch comes from UI Expression and Net.art from Digital Art. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Glitch
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Refuses to hide error and corruption, exposing the fragility of the digital medium itself.
Net.art
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Treats the browser, the link, the transmission error and the network itself as both the material and the site of the work.
| Glitch | Net.art | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | digital | 1990s– |
| Family | UI Expression | Digital Art |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Channel shift / Block noise / Scanlines / Dropout | Link structures / Browser UI / Errors / Participation and transmission |
| Best used for | Expressing uncertainty and system failure · A jolt of tension in music and video | Publishing work at a URL when it can only exist inside a browser · Making the mechanics of transmission and surveillance the subject itself |
| Type | Partially corrupt a monospace or plain sans | Use default browser fonts and leave underlined links undecorated |
| Composition | Build the healthy composition first, then break part of it | Make navigation the composition, assuming back buttons and several windows |
| Material | RGB shift, compression noise, missing pieces | HTML, GIF, error screens and slow loading treated as material |
| Caution | Perpetual glitch loses meaning. Stage the difference between normal and broken. | Reproducing the early web look as a flat image leaves nothing that links, transmits or invites participation, and the network that was the site of the work disappears. |