Hi! Artist in question here. This is what I'm exploiting with the paused glitches. When you interrupt the signal between the source and the VCR, you end up get

Hi! Artist in question here. This is what I'm exploiting with the paused glitches. When you interrupt the signal between the source and the VCR, you end up getting strange artifacts in the paused image. Because the image wasn't fully transferred to the tape, you're basically laying bare the extent of the distortion. Another interesting bit is when the color data goes, and all that remains is black and white information, the pause state gets even funkier. It moves and jitters when paused, and even tears off the screen at times. It's all sorts of fascinating.