GLITCH.EXT is a browser extension to glitch websites across the web!
This extension builds upon the same named net.art intervention at hek.ch,
for their Net Works, 09.03 – 13.04.21.
This injects 3 libraries (p5.js, p5.glitch, html2canvas) + custom code into websites while browsing,
enabling you to glitch ANY* element on ANY* website... *almost
I suggest this technique, so you can inspect the code and know what you're installing.
- download latest release or clone repo
- visit chrome://extensions
- activate 'Developer mode' (upper right)
- click 'Load unpacked'
- select the /glitch_ext_chrome directory
- select extensions icon (upper right) and pin GLITCH.ext
- enjoy glitching the web!
This technique is nice and easy, but less transparent.
- visit GLITCH.ext in the Chrome Webstore
- click 'Add to Chrome'
- select extensions icon (upper right) and pin GLITCH.ext
- enjoy glitching the web!
Once installed, you'll find the following options in its popup:
| Menu | Info |
|---|---|
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off/on, toggles extension |
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clears glitches |
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off/on, set the image type of glitches |
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turn OFF to glitch EVERYTHING |
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toggles 2nd mouse click from un-glitch / download |
Glitches to page are only temporary. Simply refresh it to return things to normal.
Because.
As culture transitioned from physical to virtual during the past Covid-19 year, GLITCH.ext pays homage to glitch in both the analogue and digital domain: Firstly, to HeK's own glitch façade, H3333333K (2015) by !Mediengruppe Bitnik, an architecturally implemented JPEG-glitch. Secondly, glitching websites incites Glitch Browser (2005) by Dimitre Lima (DMTR), Ant Scott (BEFLIX) and Iman Moradi, which JPEG-glitched all images of a given website via proxy server. During my master studies here in Basel (2007-2009), resulting in a thesis focused on glitching the JPEG file format, Precise Mishandling of the Digital Image Structure, virtual exchange with the artists behind Glitch Browser and local video-sniffing workshops by !Mediengruppe Bitnik helped shape my developing practice. They joined a growing exposure to notions of revealing the invisible, exploiting digital media below the surface, and networked art. Starting with TEXT2IMAGE + HEADer_REMIX (2009), throughout the past 10+ years, glitch continues to find its way into my work, with its endless stream of surprising images and unique artefacts to discover.