Absolutely, in terms of glitch as a "medium-specific fault or flaw" there is an analog history that predates the digital one, and if we consider glitch as simply a disturbance/flaw in a system it has a history that can predate even electronic analog technology, Jon Satrom (A professor here at the Art Institute of Chicago and fellow glitch enthusiast) adopts a similar mindset. That there's a long history for the appreciation, or rather interest, in "errors" and/or "accidents" is for sure, I guess I've just been more taken by the digital kind (for varies reasons, including, as I mentioned before my interest in glitch's relation to digital culture).

good luck with you're dissertation, I'm very interested in reading it when you're finished!

Hey John,

I'm currently working towards my MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and my focus is very similar. We differ in that maybe I'm a bit more concerned with the digital glitch specifically, as I'm very interested in the way that it relates to digital culture. However, after looking at your blog I noticed there's definitely a lot of overlap in our interests. Some things:

Here's an article I wrote on Glitch Art recently:
http://fnewsmagazine.com/wp/2009/10/titleglitch-amp-arttitle/

I also put this together:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_Art

Here's a link to some of my work:
http://www.nickbriz.com/videos/ANewEcology.mov
http://vimeo.com/4529527
http://rhizome.org/object.php?o=48468&m=1057411

I've also been very interested in curating this kind of work. I curated a program called Glitch Night in Orlando FL last year and I'm curating a program called Glitch: Investigations into the New Ecology of our Digital Age here's a flyer for that: http://nickbriz.com/New_ecology_poster.pdf
I can email you program notes/associated writings if you'd like.

Also here are others that have written on/worked with Glitch Art which you might find interesting:
Evan Meaney (evanmeaney.com)
http://evanmeaney.com/glitching/theory/evan_meaney_onglitching.pdf

Rosa Menkman (rosa-menkman.blogspot.com)
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1332959/Rosa%20Menkman%20-%20Artifacts%20and%20Critical%20Media%20Aesthetics.pdf

Iman Moradi (http://www.organised.info/)
http://designingimperfection.com/
http://www.oculasm.org/glitch/download/Glitch_dissertation_print_with_pics.pdf

Richard Almond (http://blog.rafolio.co.uk/)
http://rafolio.co.uk/maadm/thesis/projectreportweb.pdf

Hope this helps, There's a lot more where this came from, just let me know.
-Nick-
(nickbriz@gmail.com)

very insightful comment Resipiscent.

Seriously, first of all totally "predictable" I mean, how many times are we going to see these solo drummers with their minimalist set-ups running through a series of triggers/contact mics connected to synthesizers and other devices, I mean I can just list them out... wait I'm blanking, could you list them for me?

And yea "weak and boring" is right... I mean I almost fell asleep watching this video (I'm surprised the live audience didn't) what's with this desire to revisit retro NES pop aesthetics, exploring its unique textures, structures, and it's relationship and influence to a particular generation of artists and then recontextualizing them in this beautifully (and brutally) ephemeral fashion. I mean when will the children of the 80's grow up already?

... wait I'm confused, what qualifies as content for rhizome again?

wonderful.

fantastic!