ART MARKET: Glitch Western contextwindow
"The Glitch Western context window is a framework. Within this frame, the Phantasmagoric Metamachine predicts futurerrors and archives jonCates' Glitch Western genre. ‘Future errors’ are glitches or Glitch Art, that may display before they actually happen. This view through the window defines and/or (∨∧) defies our expectations, our boundary states: Glitch Art is the Art of Surprise. Across a vasty tingle tangle of connections (choose our own Glitch Art Adventures), we navigate the sea of noise, twisty little passages of the mind."
Yes, that's a good way to summarize it. A context window essentially sets the standards of how much previous and future context Ghosttopia takes into account when calculating The Secrets of Glitch. Understanding Ghosttopia, a tome for wanderroring spirits, takes time. You should listen closely && carefully to the whisp’ errors of noise, the whistle ‘ing of the skull, the wind in the trees on the trail, the edge of the cliff, the canyon, and riverbed time stories. Beside the crackle of campfire burns under The Moon. She tells ghoststories in hauntedLands.
Dream of: A puzzlepiece. While goldNKeys unlock, open up new beginnings for each encounter. Open the window. 「開窗」 Each of us. Together from 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) to 金山 (goldMountain) and back again, we crisscross ourselves. Through the portal. Appear && disappear err or, the 異世界 (Isekai), is a portal to another world: opening the Glitch Western context window…
- This artwork is a part of jonCates’ premiere performance of Glitch Western Noise Art at the 臺北數位藝術中心 Digital Art Center in 台北，台灣 (Taipei, Taiwan), 2024.
偕子鷹(jonCates)是「Glitch Art/當機藝術」領域中的創始藝術家、學者與策展人。曾於紐約電影博物館、紐約Ende Tymes末日藝術節、芝加哥當代藝術館、巴塞爾藝術年度展會、維也納博物館、台北鳳甲美術館、臺北數位藝術中心、台北藝術宮等。「偕子鷹是當機藝術和GIF像素動畫的巨擘，」 — — 〈藝術五十：芝加哥藝術家的藝術家〉美國西部片當機電影、遊戲和 AI NFT 系列《鬼鎮》和《金山》，集恐怖與美麗於一身。」
jonCates is a Glitch Western Cowboy living in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a recognized founder of Glitch Art with international exhibitions in galleries, museums, and online since the 1990s. His extensive international exhibition record includes the 臺北數位藝術中心 (Digital Art Center), 藝術宮 Artgong, and 鳳甲美術館 (Hong-Gah Museum) Taiwan; Art Basel Miami; MuseumsQuartier Vienna (Austria); Kasseler Kunstverein (Germany); Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Vancouver Art Gallery; Vector Festival of Games and Art (Toronto) Museo de la Ciudad de León (Mexico); Ende Tymes Festival of Noise and Experimental Liberation, Rhizome, Transfer Gallery, and Museum of the Moving Image New York.