Buddhist Glitch encompasses the philosophical perspectives of Silicon Valley, the aesthetics of psychedelic-electronic and cyberpunk, as well as the speculative vaporwave and data bending practices of futurists, spiritual accelerationists, and artists alike. A spiralling circuit of counterculture and cyberculture, central to is ‘Buddhist Glitch’ is the notion of looping. Circular loops are found in the structure of gif animations, in the audio of Buddha Chant Boxes, in mantras, in Prayer Wheels and pilgrimages to sacred sites, as well as in the electronic circuitry of both secular and religious devices.

Buddhist Glitch draws on the often-overlooked religio-spiritual aspects of technology as explored in the article Religious Devices.

Davies, Hugh (2019) Religious Devices: A Survey of Technologies of Worship. communication +1: Vol. 7: Issue. 2, Article 5.