When I was working on my compositions with hydra and tidal, I found myself always leaning toward glitch sounds and the visual effects that matched them. Somehow, I found them to be clean and straightforward effects that everyone is familiar with. The reading was written in 2009-2010 by Rosa Menkman. I understand that at that time, people might have leaned toward “perfection” in technology by integrating sharper images, faster speeds, and invisible interfaces. However, since then, people have become more experimental with technology by playing around with glitches, noises, and colors. So, I believe that what she stated about bringing unfamiliarity and the unexpected through effects such as glitches is something we see very often today.

Menkman said that “The main subject of most glitch art is critical perception. Critical in this sense is twofold: either criticizing the way technology is conventionally perceived, or showing the medium in a critical state. Glitches release a critical potential that forces the viewer to actively reflect on the technology.” This made me realize that when I watch videos with glitches, they somehow make me concentrate more, as I start thinking about how and when the glitch is happening. I think this has a strong engagement effect on the audience. This solidifies that while watching glitch art, the audience perceives glitches without knowing how they came about, which gives them an opportunity to focus on their form to interpret their structures and learn more from what can actually be seen.

While reading, I also liked how the text was organized, with glitch effects added between sections and experiments with text indentation. This further reinforced what she is saying about breaking continuity and linearity. I also watched a video by the author where she experimented with glitch effects in many different ways. I realized that although I have used glitch effects before, I have never really explored them beyond simple techniques. This gave me new ideas on how I can use glitch effects in more creative ways.