ḛ̴̤̭̩̲͙͕͉̜̘̺̎̈͒̽͊̐͝ṁ̶̢̨̯͇̻̜͚̗̦̝̬̭͛͘̚͜͝ͅb̴̰̩͔̠́̓̄̅͆̾̿͆͋̒̍ȏ̸̧̮͂͒̎́̈́̚̚̕ḋ̷̛͚̳͑̃̑̑́̀̽͊͝ͅÿ̸̧̨̛̱̺̦̗̱̟́̈̅͝ͅį̷͓̱͓̝̍͌ͅņ̷̥̼̗͍͐̅͑̆́̇̆̀̊̾̑̇ǧ̷̖̀̿̃͋̅̏́͌͂͆ ̸̩̭̫̭̙͚̞̞̖̻͖̂̄͜g̷̨̛̻̘͍͚͔̙̱̝̭̯̍̓̀͂͂͗̀̎͒l̸͙͉̜̗̬̓͐́̽̀̾͋̀͜ͅi̵̛̹̱̣̗̺͂̋̔̉̇̐̈́͐̌̏̄̒͘̚̚͜ẗ̶̨̞̝̪̪̻̥́͑̀̐͂̐͐͘͘͜͜͝ͅç̶̯̦͍̙̱̮̀̚ͅĥ̸̡̧̟͚̭͇̟̰̪̦̥̮̓ ̷̻̩̌́̿́́̅̏̓͗̍̃̅̚͝
An attempt at breaking away from the fear of failure.
I̵̥͉͑̓̄̈́̑Ń̸̙͇̭̬̘̗̤̎͋Ṫ̴̩̖͖̫̫̘̙̩̗̜̝̔̄̂͗̽͛̊̍͝͝R̸̢̡̞̮̤̪̯̯̰̥̂̌͊̍̈́́͝Ǫ̷͓̜̻̩̩̦̲̻̳̦̔͌̇̈́̐̒́͆̑̅͗̔͐̋̀̚̕͜D̸̨̡͉̩̯͎͈̟͙͙̄̀̊̔͗͆̋̂͑̈́̈́̒͑̋̏̀̚
Ū̶͎̞͎̘͉̩͕̑̍C̶̙͇̳̏͐̋̊͊̂̚̕̚Ṭ̴̢̛̹͔͎͙̟͓̼͐͐͐̓̈́̄̕͝͝Ï̷̧͍̼̯͇̳͈̹̬͋̂̈́͝O̷̢̢̨͖̳̙̱͎͇̣̙̰̳̳̙͒̍͊͑̀͛̽̈̂̓̀͘N̴̛͇̹͕̣̬͚̱̞̜̺͎̭̯͎̳̯̎̑̀̇̏͛̆͋̾͗͆͘̚̚͘͜
always succeed.
My investigation is inspired and sourced by Glitch theories in technology and feminist discourses with an analysis of texts such as “Glitch Manifesto” from Rosa Menkman and “Glitch Feminism” by Legacy Russel.
Through this paper, I try to reach an understanding of what glitch is, as a biopolitical instrument and as a lifestyle, how to think with glitch, and how to become glitch and what are the implications of such practices.
I had a first romantization of glitches as a positive input, as a liberating momentum,but then I eventually started to question the privilege that you must hold in order to be able to fail.
Glitch has long been theorized as a form of resistance, a disruption of systems that exposes underlying structures of power. Whether in cyberfeminist theory (Haraway, 1985), glitch aesthetics (Menkman, 2011), or hacker culture, the concept of glitch is a tool to break free from rigid control, and to resist categorization, and to reveal hidden biases within systems. However, this perspective tends to romanticize glitch as inherently liberatory while overlooking the conditions that make glitch a privilege rather than a universal tool of resistance.
Not everyone can afford to glitch.
Not everyone has the safety to break a system.
I wanted to emancipate myself through the glitch but I ended up getting eaten from the system.
I feel at the end that I even failed to fail.