That you are calling the Davis/Rad and Murata 'two early examples' when they preceded the West vid by a year or two shows the futility of basing one's art on an effect. He talks about the *content* of the datamosh (although he doesn't use the word datamosh) and questions the role (and sufficiency) of the artist-as-editor. Davis/Paper Rad piece: on YouTube it says 'Umbrella Zombie Mistake' but here you are calling it 'Umbrella Zombie Datamosh Mistake.' Where did you find the revised title?ĭavis posted some of his code (with amusing comments) in a PDF for an exhibition called 'Structures Found/Structures Lost.' He also has some commentary about recycling pop culture.
