Inframedia is, according to Mitchell Whitelaw, “a stratum below or within the mainlines of electronic
media”. Data bending can be used by sound (and other digital media artists), as a way of generating rather unpredictable audio sources relying on the method called ‘open any’. Any file format can become an audio source and this transcription is bi-directional which opens up a vast array of possibilities.

The Listening Post

This work is an example of advanced techniques of data bending and the use of pure, raw data. It retrieves its data from chat rooms and other online public discussions, rendering the text audible through voice synthesizers. It conveys its immediacy, volume (or scale), and content. I don’t know the exact techniques artists used here. Still, I can tell that this work is an example of the diverse possibilities of data-based art and that the possibilities are endless, assuming that only those two main elements – data and its mapping are involved. The functionality of those two elements is clearly distinct.

It is interesting, how this experimental techniques

https://mtchl.net/assets/HearingPureData.pdf