Khadija Aziz
Machine & Me is a series of textile glitch art that seeks to demonstrate a visual progression of my attempts to distort an image using hand and digital means. Unlike traditional glitch art that requires no hand labour and craftsmanship, my work bridges the gap between textile-making techniques and collaboration with digital technologies. My process-based practice combines critical inquiry with textile-making to create unexpected surface outcomes by playing with hand and digital distortion methods that are guided by spontaneity and investigate errors of the human hand. After following a predetermined order of sequence of manipulation, the distorted image was printed onto fabric to be embellished with beads and embroidery techniques, which was performed solely based on my tacit knowledge. These methods of surface design produce unique colours, shapes, and patterns that would be impossible without the collaboration between hand and machine.
