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Thanks to the flaws seen in the first digital video codecs a technique called Datamoshing emerged in the early 2000s
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Datamoshing is a technique that creates a glitch effect due to the damage in videos.
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The first serious artistic display of datamoshing can be found in a video from 2003
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What really catapulted Datamoshing into the art world was the work of contemporary American artist Takeshi Murata in 2005 and 2006, Monster Movie, a short film from a Smithsonian collection.
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In 2009, Datamoshing was already considered outdated by various artists, especially after Kanye West decided to make a music video using the technique.
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Filmmaker Leos Carax released a datamoshed transition in his 2012 film Holy Motors. It was Carax's first film shot digitally.
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Daramoshing is not as popular as before but it still is a famous technique and many people know and like it