Year of the Glitch’s Glitches

Year of the Glitch is a project run by Phillip Stearns that explores visuals created by short-circuited and tampered electronics. It’s a great example of digital trash-turned-art.

Stearns posts new glitches every day. Below are some examples.

From http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/

Created using a short-circuited 35mm film scanner.

from http://yearoftheglitch.tumblr.com/

Created using a short-circuited Kodak DC3400 digital camera.

Created by replacing words in an image with random color assignments and then scrolling through the image.