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How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful?

We all love broken things. WAIT WHAT?! Yes, you read that correctly. You may have noticed this thing called "glitch", where people purposely push machines to malfunction, creating fascinating "mistakes". But instead of being frustrated and disdainful of these errors (like we usually do when our technology fails mid-workflow, grrr) we find them to be bizarrely beautiful! Why are we so interested in these images, music, or objects that are structurally or formally broken? Watch the episode and find out!

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  • Originally Aired July 24, 2013
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created August 1, 2013 by
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Name Type Role
Mike Rugnetta Writer
Andrew Kornhaber Director