Glitch screen. Moments so frustrating to any gamer and yet so beautiful and unique every time. Like a snowflake that you really, really, really hate. These glitches are only made on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the superior video game system. I photograph the glitches and then make them into paintings. All images are copyrighted.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Galaga 3
Labels:
1980's,
abstract art,
classic games,
Galaga,
NES,
nintendo,
photography
Mystery Glitch 3
Yes, I am definitely only photographing glitches on the flatscreen from now on. Also, this weekend I'm going to photo print a few more to canvas!
Mystery Glitch 1
I found a folder of the original glitches I made and I'm going to post all of them. I thought I had deleted them by accident and found them when I was being very adult and responsible by organizing my files on my computer. I've decided that I prefer to photograph the glitches on a flat screen which is a bummer because I need the old TV for playing Duck Hunt. And I have the NES and VCR hooked up to the old TV so I can start making glitch VHS videos. So basically, my living room is about to become a two TV/VCR/NES nerd style cluster fuck. Awesome.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Nerding out recording Nintendo glitches
My best friend Nina Varner recording me recording, or rather filmed me filming, Nintendo glitches. I was pretty much totally nerding out and say things like "that's amazing" and letting out a very meaningful "whoas". It was all very in the moment.
Labels:
8 bit,
abstract art,
Duck Hunt,
nintendo,
photography,
vintage games
Friday, April 15, 2011
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
I have been trying to get to Minus World which is not as easy as it looks from the video below. This is the title screen for Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and World Class Track Meet and it one of my favorite glitches since the Galaga glitches. The Galaga glitches were the first that I photographed because they were particularly striking to me. It was such a unique color palette and I liked the idea of an abstract composition being created accidentally and by a computer. I like the idea that it is a mistake. I am going to write my treatise on glitch art soon.
Labels:
1980's,
abstract art,
computer graphics,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
power pad,
Super Mario Bros. 3.,
TV,
video games
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Super Mario Bros. Minus World
This is a video of how to access the Minus World of the original Super Mario Bros. This is the self-proclaimed "most famous glitch of all time". I put in "quotes" because I don't think it is more famous then the Donkey Kong kill screen, for example. When I was a kid we heard a weird urban legend-telephone version of the Minus World glitch but no one knew about the actual glitch. The story that I heard was that if you could get to the end of level 1-2 with the star and were also small you could warp straight to 8. We tried it about a billion times but could never get to the end of the level. And I'm pretty sure it's not possible. But please take that as a challenge and if you succeed please send me a video!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Duck Hunt 2
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1980's,
abstract art,
Duck Hunt,
NES,
nintendo,
retro games,
vintage games
Duck Hunt
I don't believe in conspiracy theories. But there is one little detail that proves that there is without a shadow of a doubt a New World Order. The Duck Hunt gun doesn't work on flat screen TV's. Pretty soon there will be a new race of people that live in the woods and wear bushes as clothing so they can play there Duck Hunt on a regular TV in peace. There will have to be because who wants to live in a world with no duck hunt?
Labels:
1980's,
computer graphics,
Duck Hunt,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
vintage games
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Super Mario Bros. 3 video 2
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abtract art,
computer graphics,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
Super Mario Bros. 3,
video games,
vintage games
Super Mario Bros. 3 video 1
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abtract art,
computer graphics,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
Super Mario Bros. 3,
video games,
vintage games
Lolo video
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abtract art,
computer graphics,
fine art,
Lolo,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
Lolo 2
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abtract art,
computer graphics,
fine art,
Lolo,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
Lolo
Labels:
abtract art,
computer graphics,
fine art,
Lolo,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Castlevania III
Labels:
abtract art,
Castlevania,
computer graphics,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Dr. Mario 2
Labels:
abtract art,
computer graphics,
Dr. Mario,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
Dr. Mario
Labels:
abtract art,
computer graphics,
Dr. Mario,
fine art,
NES,
nintendo,
photography,
retro games,
video games,
vintage games
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