One of the most influential examples of the technique was a 2003 video called “ Pastell Kompressor,” by the artists Owi Mahn and Laura Baginski. As Kraftsow mentioned, datamoshing is a type of glitch art - which, in the context of art history, can be broadly defined as art created by corrupting or otherwise manipulating an existing file - that has roots in the net art movement of the early aughts.