For most twenty-somethings, a screen of glitched graphics conjures up memories of childhood frustration in front of a Sega Mega Drive. So it might seem like a strange choice of multimedia to feature on top of 30 bus shelters across London, right?

Until the end of February, a selection of publicly submitted glitch art will be displayed on red and black LED screens as part of the Bus Tops Project. The project is a new platform for public art during The Olympics and anyone can submit their own work to be displayed.

So why glitch art? Mainstream interest in glitch asesthetic peaked when both Kanye and Chairlift simultaneously dabbled in datamoshed music videos, with 'Welcome to Heartbreak' and 'Evident Utensil' respectively. Datamoshing involves deliberately corrupting and glitching video footage. The videos that feature on the Bus Stops take visual cues from this look and also from the current gif culture. In that way glitch art is a fun playground for Londoners to dabble in digital art.