Glitch Nuggets of Resistance!
summary
Argument: glitch functions as a tactical lens that exposes infrastructure and enables resistance rather than a mere aesthetic. Evidence: an Arabic archive system called R‑Shief that is later taken offline, a Gephi network of 60,000 users 500,000 tweets, failed sentiment analysis that misses sarcasm, viral Maspero videos showing army vehicles running over protesters and contradicting official claims. Tools and experiments include Processing pixel‑sorting, Unity + Kinect prototype, Mozaika mosaics, VDMX and MAX/MSP/jitter; prototypes partly work and reveal new failure modes.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Data body and real body
- 8:23Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s imprisonment
- 16:52Arab Spring origins
- 17:41Glitch as resistance
- 23:22Glitches in Tahrir Square
- 26:55Sentiment analysis failures
- 28:48Maspero massacre videos
- 33:00Glitch aesthetics
- 37:12Gamifying network data
- 39:58Glitch techniques in Processing
- 41:05Mixed reality visualization
- 46:02Q&A
