Most people have experienced a glitch at some point in their lives. Whether through a malfunction on their smartphone, an unusual lapse within a video game or the classic freeze-frame on a video call. But a new exhibition on view at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich spotlights how artist’s have utilized the theme of interruption within their respective practices.
Glitch: The Art of Interference draws attention to one of the youngest art forms, signaling a focus on the productive side of error. Going back to its roots, the German word “glitschen” (to slide, let slide) or Yiddish “gletshn” (to slip, slide away) was first coined in the 1950s as a response to describe programming errors in early computers. The exhibition includes sculpture, painting and mixed-media applications, including works by Man Ray, Arthur Jafa, Wolfgang Tillmans and Pipilotti Rist.
At the core of the show, “international artists critically question the media’s proximity to reality, create new worlds or uncover normative orders and socio-political disparities and, last but not least, make the invisible visible,” according to a release by the gallery.
The exhibition will be on view in Germany until March 17, 2024.
Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Str. 40,
80333 München, Germany
Artists within the Exhibition
Erwin Blumenfeld
Monika von Boch
Kilian Breier
Nick Briz
Broomberg & Chanarin
Chargesheimer
Pierre Cordier
Inge Dick
Christian Doeller
Maya Dunietz
Walter Ebenhofer
Jake Elwes
Jamie Faye Fenton
Ralf Filges
William Forsythe
Marc Foucault
Heinz Hajek-Halke
Fabian Hesse & Mitra Wakil
John Hilliard
Esther Hunziker
Lotte Jacobi
Gottfried Jäger
Arthur Jafa
JODI
Joan Jonas
André Kertész
Germaine Krull
Ryoichi Kurokawa
!Mediengruppe Bitnik and Sven König
Rosa Menkman
Ugo Mulas
Mame-Diarra Niang
Carsten Nicolai
Kazuma Obara
Nam June Paik
Jiang Pengyi
Sondra Perry
Sigmar Polke
Timm Rautert
Man Ray
Johanna Reich
Evelyn Richter
Pipilotti Rist
Barry Stone
ariella tai
Wolfgang Tillmans
Raoul Ubac
Timm Ulrichs
Steina Vasulka
Peter Weibel
