espinosa: mestizo glitch && visions of the unseen realm! DOS DAO DISCUSSIONS — jonCates (2023)
espinosa: mestizo glitch && visions of the unseen realm
DOS PUNKS DAO Artist of the Month, March 2023
espinosa (he/they), mestizo Ecuadorian artist && creator of mestizo glitch is the DOS PUNKS DAO artist of the month for March 2023.
compute powers, or what folks used to call computers, are designed with ‘control’ at their center. these machines visualize control at their core. still, as we know, computers also always ‘go wrong.’
Glitch Art centers the artistic value of going wrong, in all the right ways, often celebrating errors, the unseen, and the strange operations of these meaning-making machines.
espinosa focuses on exactly these ‘weirdy’ ‘unexpected’ values of Glitch Art, the Art of surprise. espinosa adds to the vocabulary of Glitch Art creating the mestizo glitch genre. exploring the discarded, espinosa makes TRASH ART, pulling bits and pieces into new meaningful relationships. he constructs mysterious and moving works of Art. through these approaches espinosa tells his own personal stories and those of the culture traditions he is connected to and working from.
in this interview we…
