Vol.03
GLITCH AESTHETIC

The ambiguity formed in the Glitch language pursues two functions and an independent nature; On one hand, it gives the pixel as the smallest component of the digital image, an independent identity and a separate aesthetic expression, on the other hand, it allows the audience to take an active role in the aesthetic perception by illustrating in the distorted and damaged images.
PIXEL AESTHETIC
Pixel aesthetic in glitch art is a discourse that moves from the whole to parts and subsequently from parts to the whole, creating a cycle that makes us look at pixels as independent and aesthetic elements. Therefore, glitch artists apart from the typical public opinions about noise, redefining the pixel language and its aesthetics in our minds by creating works to introduce the true value and nature of pixels. The structural contradictions and apparent similarities between pixel and visual languages have led the glitch artists to use all the available features and strategies of the visual language in their works that aligns with the practical logic and structure of technology revolution.
Mohammad Ali Famori

Glitch: Aesthetic Of The Pixels

Platform 101 new glitch video art exhibition explores the concepts of pixel language and glitch aesthetics. The event is curated by Mohammad Ali Famori and features amazing works by 27 artists from around the world. It opened its doors to the public on November 5 and will be on view through November 12. The group art show takes place at Pejman Foundation: Kandovan Building.

FINE ART SHIPPERS SUPPORTS PLATFORM 101 NEW VIDEO ART EXHIBITION

Platform 101—in collaboration with the Aleph Team, Art Researcher, and Famori Studio—will dive into the exploration of glitch art and pixels aesthetics. A new video art exhibition will shed light on the intrinsic value and nature of pixels. Damaged and distorted images, intertwined lines of video, and audio noises might well enchant you and awaken interest in unique art forms. You will be able to look at singular artworks by 27 talented artists and musicians from Iran, Brazil, USA, Ukraine, UK, Hungary, Portugal, Singapore, and Azerbaijan. Among them are Arezou Ramezani, Erfan Ashourioun, Parnian Donyari, Mohammad Ali Famori, Shahab Shahali, and others. The media sponsors of the event are Fine Art Shippers and The Holy Art.

Vol.02

Statement of Glitch: Pixel Language

 

The binary code of zeros and ones are the foundation of the digital world. Binary code can be defined as the basis and the nature of the digital era. All the definitions of the world of technology and informatics include computing and converting the "zero and one" binary codes. Transferring and calculating data in zero and one system, and creating a safe and secure path for it, has always been one of the goals and missions of the modern man.
From the beginning, any fault, disruption, and destruction of the rhythm designated by zero and one have been considered a defect in one of the three sides of the connection, the digital transmitter, receiver, and broadcasting device. Contrary to this notion, in the late 20th century, a new language or genre emerged in the digital art world called "Glitch", which looked at this triangle from an aesthetic point of view and provided new grounds for new interpretations of the noise and glitch phenomenon apart from their mechanical process. The ambiguity in the language of glitch leads to two functions, on the one hand, it gave pixel an independent identity as the smallest component of the digital image, capable of carrying a new mode of expression. It also allows the viewer to look at a disrupted and destroyed image, and by personal interpretations participate in making new meaning.
Pixel language in glitch art is a language and discourse that moves from the whole to parts and subsequently from parts to the whole, creating a cycle that makes us look at pixels as independent elements. In this way, glitch artists distance themselves from the public opinions regarding the noise and create works to introduce the value and nature of pixels, and they do so by redefining the pixel language in our minds.
The structural contradictions and apparent similarities between pixel and visual languages have led the glitch artists to utilize all available features and strategies of the visual language, in line with practical logic and structure of the technological revolution to make his language live longer.

 

 

Mohammad Ali Famori & Sadegh Majlesi

GLITCH: PIXEL LANGUAGE | Platform 101 – Vol.02 - Glitch Video Art Group Exhibitions | at Bavan Gallery |


The group exhibition "Glitch Art: Pixel Language" was displayed from December 25 to March 3 in the Negative Space No.1 of Bavan Gallery, curated by Mohammad Ali Famouri and Sadegh Majlesipour. The show featured a glitch video by two artists every week, each of the eleven episodes of the exhibition began on Fridays and stayed on display for a whole week. These artists, distancing themselves from the public opinions regarding the noise, have created works to introduce the value and nature of pixels, by redefining the pixel language in the minds of the audience. Technological errors that are made by defects in digital devices give us incomplete images. These incomplete and intricate lines in the videos, audio noises, pixels, and digital motifs make up the glitch aesthetics. In the process of creating glitch art, on the one hand, we rely on the digital device as a medium, and on the other hand, there is the artist, and at last, a triangle is made by the interpretation of the digital art by the audience. Glitch art is a discourse that moves from the whole to parts and subsequently from parts to the whole, creating a cycle to reread pixels as an independent element. 27 artists were presented in "Glitch Art: Pixel Language" including:
Vahid Qaderi & Razieh Kooshki, Franco Pallioff, Diyu Fang, Erfan Ashourian, Gholnaz Behrooznia, Parisa Pakzamir, Behrooz Farahani & Hossein Poresmaeil, Neda Dastafkan & Parnian Donyari, Nikzad Arabshahi, Sabato Vissconti, Arash Masoum, Nazila Karimi, Arezou Ramezani, Francesco Corvi, Shahb Shahali, Suture, Abarca, Nima Mansoury, Elnaz Mohammadi, Sina Kia Daliri, Shalala Salamzadeh, Mohammad Ali Famori & Reza Famori, Sadeq Majlesi
GLITCH ART, THE FIRST GLITCH VIDEO ART GROUP EXHIBITION IN IRAN

A group video art exhibition titled Glitch Art: Pixel Language, curated by Mohammad-Ali Famori and Sadeq Majlesi, has opened on December 25 at Bavan Gallery in Tehran, Iran and will continue for eleven weeks until March 12.

“Glitch Art: Pixel Language” Exhibition at Bavan Gallery in Tehran

“Glitch Art: Pixel Language” is an 11-week group exhibition curated by the award-winning multidisciplinary artist Mohammad Ali Famori and the prominent glitch artist Sadeq Majlesi.

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In this exhibition, 27 glitch artists from all around the globe, create works to identify the value of pixels, so they can force our minds to reread the pixel language.

Platform 101-Vol.1 marks Iran’s first exhibition tour. 101 black and white, standard size (10*15cm) photographs by Iranian and non-iranian artists are displayed and auctioned in six editions at Negar, No. 4, Alihah, Ariana and the Rooberoo Mansion Art Galleries in Tehran as well as Matn Art Gallery in Isfahan during a quarterly period.

Platform 101’s mission is to create an equal opportunity between the artist and the audience with twofold beneficiaries: the audience to have their lives transformed and re-imagined through art, and the artist to make his/her art fairly accessible to everyone. 
Platform 101’s first exhibition tour kickstarted at the Rooberoo Mansion and Negar Art Gallery in summer 2018 in Tehran, Iran. The tour is followed by exhibitions held at No.4 Art Gallery  in Tehran, Matn Gallery in Isfahan, and returning to Tehran for the last two exhibitions at the Alihah Gallery and Ariana Gallery for the following dates:
 
Roberoo Mansion; June 22 – July 3, 2018
Negar Art Gallery; June 22 – June 29, 2018
No.4 Art Gallery; July 20 – July 23, 2018
Matn Art Gallery; August 10 – August 29, 2018
Alihah Gallery; August 17 – September 17, 2018
Ariana Gallery; September 7 – September 18, 2018
 
The first exhibition tour, curated by Mohammad Ali Famori and Reza Famori, called “Lahze-ye Ghat’i” ("the decisive moment"), commemorating the day of Henri Cartier-Bresson / 1908-2004, the famous French photographer. He has acted a fundamental role in the invention and the development of photojournalism, the decisive moment and street photography. He’s also one of the founders of Magnum, one of the most prestigious news agencies worldwide. Many consider him to be the father of photojournalism since his strolling and alert eyes have immortalized many historical instants, including the bloody victories of the republicans in Spain, the liberation of Paris in 1944, the last hours of Gandhi’s life before the assassination and the victory of the Communists in China. Today, the idea of ​​a decisive moment with a particular type of photography is considered synonymous with Brasson. 
He chose this name for his book, the most famous photography book in Europe, and in that he introduced decisive moment, the best moment for pressing the shutter. This moment occurs when the visual and psychological elements of people in real life are gathered briefly on their own, and in the full creativity, the nature of this situation is recorded. Some believe that the unique purpose of photography, as compared to the other visual arts, is to record this glancing moment in the fluid flow of life.

Platform 101 intends to allocate each exhibition period to one of the world’s greatest photographers to study the impact of new artists on the vision of past photographers, and in fact present the project as a research work.

| ROOBEROO MANSION | FIRST EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY 22 june 2018 UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 3 ,2018 |
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| ROOBEROO MANSION | FIRST EDITION EXHIBITION |

| OPENING fRIDAY 22 june 2018 UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 3 ,2018 | Rooberoo Mansion, Kianpoor Alley, Near Bank-e-Shahr,
Valiasr Cross, Tehran |
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| ROOBEROO MANSION | FIRST EDITION EXHIBITION |

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| ROOBEROO MANSION | OPENING fRIDAY 22 june 2018 UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 3 ,2018

| ROOBEROO MANSION | OPENING fRIDAY 22 june 2018 UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 3 ,2018

| ROOBEROO MANSION | OPENING fRIDAY 22 june 2018 UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 3 ,2018

| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| FOUR ART GALLERY | THIRD EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY July 20 – July 23, 2018 |
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| ALIHA ART GALLERY | FIFTH EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY August 17 – September 17, 2018
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| ALIHA ART GALLERY | FIFTH EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY August 17 – September 17, 2018
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| ALIHA ART GALLERY | FIFTH EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY August 17 – September 17, 2018
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| ALIHA ART GALLERY | FIFTH EDITION EXHIBITION VOL.1|

|OPENING fRIDAY August 17 – September 17, 2018
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| Ariana ART GALLERY | VOL.1|

September 7 – September 18, 2018

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September 7 – September 18, 2018