Ado

Ado (Jean-Martin Gagnon), a Montreal-based filmmaker, explores the intersection of nostalgia, technology, and imperfection through digital decay. Drawing from the glitch art movement, Ado manipulates video, images, and data to create distorted, colorful works that embrace chaos over precision. His art celebrates the beauty of error, using analog media to produce grainy, pixelated aesthetics that contrast with the pursuit of perfection in the digital age.

 

A central theme in Ado's work is the human form, especially in his nude series. He repurposes forgotten digital media—often from vintage pornography found in closed video rental stores—to critique the commodification of the female body. By distorting these images, he recontextualizes them, offering a counterpoint to the hyper-realism of modern digital culture.

 

Ado’s practice redefines beauty through imperfection, turning digital glitches into evocative visuals. His work invites viewers to find elegance in entropy, turning data corruption into a poetic visual experience. As digital technologies continue to evolve, Ado's work preserves the raw, unpolished quality of early digital art forms as an alternative to the sharp, polished imagery dominating today’s media.