Datamoshing Technique for Video Art Production

Abstract

In recent years, a number of pieces of art that were created through noise and error for artistic representation have been exhibited. Many of these are classified as glitch art, and they have formed a new trend in media art. In the field of glitch art, there is a technique called datamoshing that uses noise or errors in video imagery. One can produce a video that can serve as a unique representation of datamoshing; however, there is no clear principle for this technique, nor any citable literature to date. In this paper, we clarify the principle of datamoshing and the type of effects that can be generated. In addition, we propose software with which to apply datamoshing to videos and show some pieces of art that have been produced with the software. Furthermore, we discuss the significance of these works from the perspective of media art.