GLITCHFIELD
ORBTEKA
WAVELENGTHS
MISTERY MACHINE
”Glitchfield” is a handmade infinity box that brings to life an immersive, endless, kaleidoscopic, optical illusory environment.
The bold op-art forms, vibrant colors, and pulsating patterns interplay with the mirrored sides, both accentuating and expanding the geometric angles of the art, as well as virtually erasing the physical box’s corners. Viewed from the right angle, “Glitchfield” occupies your full field of vision, without an endpoint in sight.
By looking from above into—rather than straight forward at—the projection and the mirrored sides, you are not visible in the installation. (In other words, your appearance does not make an appearance!) The result is an exhilarating rush that simultaneously prompts losing yourself in—while simultaneously becoming hyper-present of—the immediate dimensional moment.
Multiple people can gaze into “Glitchfield” at the same time, so it can be experienced by a crowd as a social event or taken in as a solitary meditation. For those not tall enough to peer over, unobtrusive holes have been drilled into the glass, enabling an accessible vista for all. With the built-in glass barriers, it is a fitting installation for our socially distanced COVID-19 era.
“Glitchfield” celebrates the universal, timeless accessibility of abstract art, the spirit of innovation in the merging of art and technology, and the collaborative power of conceptual thinking and physical creations. The viewing sensation of “Glitchfield” aims to unite all—regardless of language, background, or identity—with an elevated extra-dimensional experience that erases boundaries via equal parts enchantment and enlightenment.
“Glitchfield” consists of:
1) Four two-way mirror panels (48” wide and 48” tall), held together by corner clamps, forming an upright square perimeter
2) A white 58”x58” foam core base, serving as a screen for the overhead projector, and placed underneath the mirror square
3) An overhead projector with a connected media player, beaming directly down into the foam core base contained in the square perimeter
4) Continuous kaleidoscopic glitch-art video files (square ratio)
• Debuted at “GlitchKraft: Allison Tanenhaus + Friends,” Emerson Contemporary, Boston, MA, Fall 2019
• Featured on ArtConnect’s Instagram, July 2020
• Featured in the Anharmonic Online Film Festival, August 2020
• Featured in CADAF (Contemporary + Digital Art Fair)’s #DigitalArtMonth, October 2020
• Featured on Thanks, Artists Club’s Instagram, December 2020
• Featured in Union Square Video, Somerville, MA, December 2020 and January 2021
• Selected for the 9th Annual International Video Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece, March 2021
• Selected for WetDovetail’s Virtual Gallery Open Call 1:4 (sponsored by Arts Council England)
• Featured in The Viewing Room ft. Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK, April 2021
• Selected for Chasing Light, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, July 2021
