From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art

Shoumin Qu

doi:10.47297/wspciWSP2516-252702.20261004

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From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art

Volume 10, Issue 4

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From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art
From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art
School of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
Vol. 10, Issue 4, Pages: 11-15(2026)
Published：30 August 2026
DOI：10.47297/wspciWSP2516-252702.20261004
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Qu Shoumin.From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art[J].Creativity and Innovation,2026,10(04):11-15.
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Qu Shoumin.From Defect to Style: Media Archaeology and Aesthetic Construction of Low-Pixel Aesthetics in Digital Media Art[J].Creativity and Innovation,2026,10(04):11-15. DOI： 10.47297/wspciWSP2516-252702.20261004.

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High-definition simulation has long served as the core value criterion for digital visual production

with resolution advancement forming the dominant narrative of technological development. Low-pixel visual forms

born from early digital image hardware constraints

were long categorized as visual flaws in media evolution. With the widespread popularization of high-definition digital media

low-pixel visual language has broken free from technological constraints and evolved into an active creative choice

gradually forming an aesthetic system with independent expressive capacity. Drawing on media archaeology theory

this paper sorts out the development trajectory of low-pixel visual forms

delineates the boundary between passive media byproducts and conscious aesthetic paradigms

analyzes the unique formal logic of low-pixel visual language

and explores the media memory and visual rebellion embedded in such forms

to provide theoretical reference for improving the diverse aesthetic system of digital vision.

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