Domenico Barra

Italy

Domenico Barra is an Italian-based digital artist who codes and hacks computer malfunctions to transform glitches and pixels into art. His artistic aesthetic is therefore in the field of machine failures. His main source of inspiration is the world of street art and graffiti culture, but surrealism, dadaism and experimental cinema also inspire him in his work. He began working on glitch art by studying the works of Stan Brakhage, Rosa Menkman, Nick Briz, from across the NetArt scene and as a theorist, Jon Cates and the culture of new media and piracy.


Domenico studied at the Leeds College of Art and Design in England, but considers himself a self-taught artist who learns through his own practices and experiences, in which he rarely follows traditional patterns of creation and manufacture. He teaches glitch art and corrupt new media at the University of Fine Arts in Rome, and gives lectures and presentations on glitch art and related topics in academies, schools and festivals.


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After Pollaiuolo

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The glitch art series Disordinary Beauty | a̶r̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶o̶n̶ aims to disrupt the canon notion of beauty and perfection in artistic works. There is nothing wrong with your screen. It's the artwork pushing you beyond the expected, beyond the hardware format and standard.

This piece and the other parts of this series encourage viewers to re-define and re-think their sense of beauty, what to expect beauty to be like in a work of art, and the formats, devices, and standards designed and programmed for the experience and viewing of digital artworks.

This project is an exploration of the relationship between imperfection and classical beauty in art. Through the use of generative glitch scripts and glitch hack techniques (databending &/0r datamoshing), this series disrupts the traditional aesthetic canon, challenging the viewer to question the notion of perfection in art.

The title, "Disordinary Beauty | a̶r̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶o̶n̶", or "The impossibility of artistic canon perfection in the mind of a glitch artist" reflects the idea that true beauty lies in the unexpected and the imperfect and that the mind of a glitch artist is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is considered "ordinary" in art.

technique

generative art

format

portrait

duration

00:59

year

2025

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