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The form of image manipulation we will practice in this module is sometimes called “databending,” which is the practice of taking digital data produced in one file format and manipulating it in an application designed for another file format. In this case, we will be taking a digital image, opening it up as if it were a text file, manipulating that data as text, and then rendering the file back to our senses as an image. By doing this work, we will not only produce fascinating visual spectacles, “glitched” by this workflow of digital transformations, we will also consider the role that file standards play in our ability to interact with data.

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