Glitch Textiles
Last week we featured the animated 'glitch' art that's made its way on to the tops of bus shelters across London.
Last week we featured the animated 'glitch' art that's made its way on to the tops of bus shelters across London. Now we're seeing a similar digital aesthetic appear in an even more tangible form: textiles. Designer Phillip Stearns has created woven blankets that feature patterns sourced from short-circuited Kodak cameras. Or as the designer himself explains: 'The cold logic of digital systems is fashioned into a warm blanket.'
The seamlessness of today's technology has prompted some observers to suggest that we're now 'post-digital': technology is now invisible and we should focus on using it creatively. So it's interesting to see the moment of software failure – or 'glitch' – chosen as an aesthetic in a very craft-driven medium.
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