Glitched bodies: Aberrant distortions, machine vision, and spatial dislocation
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Hochstein, Gina
Pretty, Annabel
Pretty, Annabel
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2025-11
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Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation
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human body
glitch art
art and technology
computer vision
perspective
glitch art
art and technology
computer vision
perspective
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Hochstein, G., & Pretty, A. C. (2025, November, 21-22). Glitched bodies: Aberrant distortions, machine vision, and spatial dislocation [Poster presentation]. 15th International Research Symposium: The Apparatus ; The Role of Technology in Illustration, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/7130
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This poster explores aberrant distortions, glitches, and spatial representation beyond the body, drawing on the theoretical frameworks of Hito Steyerl, Rosa Menkman, and Owen Hopkins. Steyerl’s concept of the "poor image" and degraded visuality, alongside Menkman’s aesthetics of the glitch, reveal how machine-mediated perception reshapes spatial and bodily representation. Hopkins’ insights into architectural representation inform how digital and forensic imaging alter spatial fields, destabilizing fixed perspectives. Through the lens of illustration through the machine vision is examined as a reconstructive and interpretative tool, producing fragmented, non-human perspectives that challenge traditional notions of spatial legibility. The intersection of these concepts highlights how errors, artifacts, and breakdowns in image-making processes expose underlying biases in technological perception. By illustrating the dislocation of the body within machine-generated perceptual fields, this work interrogates the limits of human-centric representation and explores how technological distortions mediate our spatial and forensic realities.
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