By Mark Maestas, for the edX KULeuvenX: EurospaceX Europeana Space: Creative with Digital Heritage course.
This was a really fun exercise! I ended up using MOSH for all three of my images, because it offered such a variety of options for creating glitches.
1. Houten sloep remix
The source image was curated from Europeana.eu.
Source image title: Houten sloep (boot), Verenigde Staten
Creator: anoniem
Creation Date: c. 1900 -c. 1920
Attribution:
Houten sloep (boot), Verenigde Staten. RM0001.PEOPLE.54. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.
The MOSH image manipulator features several cool tools, including being able to generate brief gifs. The image is of a boat on water, and I thought it would be interesting to see if I could simulate the boat floating on water without the use of additional images. I like the idea that you can create a simple gif with a little bit of motion without having to use multiple images in a series. The function I used was “Wobble” to achieve this effect.
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The results are not quite perfect because the boat is also “wobbling.” However I do like that the water is moving, and the flag is waving too! With MOSH, there are a variety of features that can be used for creating interesting gifs.
2. Lion par Barye remix
This source image was also curated from Europeana.eu.
Source image title: Paris, Les Tuileries, Lion par Barye and Paris, Tuileries (Ier arrt), Lion par Barye : [bronze, Lion au serpent]
Creator: Atget, Eugène (1857-1927)
Date: 1900
Attribution:
Paris, Les Tuileries, Lion par Barye; Paris, Tuileries (Ier arrt), Lion par Barye : [bronze, Lion au serpent]. Atget, Eugène (1857-1927). Bibliothèque de l’INHA. Public Domain.
This is a really great sculpture. A key feature is that the lion is looking down at the serpent he is fighting. In MOSH, I noticed there is a mirroring parameter, where it splits the image and creates a mirror image. Initially I had tried vertical mirroring, resulting in a two-headed lion. But then I changed the parameter to horizontal mirroring, which resulted in looking like the lion was standing in the water, and looking at its own reflection. This came about by accident, and I really liked how this looked.
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In addition to the image now appearing as if the lion is looking at its own reflection, it is neat that it appears that the trees in the background are reflected as well in what would be a very still body of water.
3. F56. Dancing remix
This source image was also curated from Europeana.eu.
Source image title: F56. Dancing
Creator: Creator: Unbekannt
Date: 1880 – 1890
Attribution:
F56. Dancing. Unbekannt. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Public Domain.
Using the MOSH tool, the primary features I used were mirroring (vertically), and also “slices.” I tried to set the slices so that the eyes in particular would be offset.
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The results are dramatic due to the degree of distortion, but I find it to be appealing.
Overall, tools such as MOSH can create a variety of glitches, and this was also a fun exercise searching for images in the Europeana database. The remix generator website includes a number of additional tools and tutorials I hope to try soon as well. This was also a great opportunity to start learning about copyright, and how to recognize media marked public domain, and how to identify my own artwork as being available for free use.
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