Glitch'N'Games

Year: 2024

Glitch’N’Games

Organizer / Curator: Bee Nix (Suture Blue), John Bumstead (RDKLINC), Nick Liberatore (royb0t)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dates: October 4–5, 2024
Format: IRL — two-venue two-day event

Concept

An exhibition highlighting the intertwined lives of Glitch Art and Video Games, spotlighting the connection between the two and why the element of play is so important. Anchored by Digital T.V. Dinner (1977, Bally Astrocade) by Jamie Fenton — widely recognized as the first work of Glitch Art as we know it today.

Schedule

Friday, October 4 — Opening Night, 7pm–11pm LIKELIKE Arcade, Pittsburgh (during the Unblurred gallery crawl)

Live-virtual engagement with Kaspar Ravel
Real-time interactive piece by Thorne Brandt (online and AFK participants)
Some work at LIKELIKE was ephemeral, not viewable after Friday

Saturday, October 5 — Event Day, 10am–11pm Wick Monet, Pittsburgh

10am — ROM Glitching Workshop w/ Sabato Visconti & Dawnia Darkstone
12pm — Break
2:30pm — Discussion Game
5pm — Gallery Opening to the Public
6:30pm — Ras Alhague & Way Spurr-Chen Screening
7:30pm — Astrocade Glitch Demonstration by Jamie Fenton

(Glitch Game Tourney by DRUGS_TM was cancelled due to damage from Hurricane Helene.)

Artists

409, Big Pauper (BPMC), Catie Reynolds, Danyrus, Dawnia Darkstone, Drain, Drugs_TM, Eddie Lohmeyer, Estelle Flores, Geist, Hellmalware, Jpupper, Jael Whitney Brothers, James Usill, Jamie Fenton, jonCates, JPEGSTRIPES, Kaspar Ravel, Kevin Mercer, Matias Vilaplana Stark, MAX CAPACITY, Mazin, Micah Alhadeff, Monye’ Ford, Nick Briz, nilson carroll, Ras Alhague, Sabato Visconti, sgt_slaughtermelon, Sky Goodman, studio.gianlucamarta, Suture Blue, Thorne Brandt, Viscous, Way Spurr-Chen

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