Fluid Stills Art Illusions are a new genre of art merging with technology. The art imbues each digital frame with the integrity of an independent artistic still that cohesively changes over time without any visible or detectable change as that change occurs, creating a serene, temporally streaming subthreshold ultra-slow motion video composition. This tranquil and harmonious art form obviates the visual noise and environmental disruption presented by some other digital art alternatives. Doug has a version of the Chicago Skyline series that was installed at the Hotel Cass, Chicago in August 2007. The piece is running on an 80” DLP screen in the main lobby. In 2008 Chicago’s Mayor Daley was flanked by two images from that series on large screens at a luncheon. One of the early participants in the growing ambient video genre, Detourdvd have been designing ambient video since 2003. Slow moving videos, with no audio track play in infinite loops, the Detourdvd Collection references modern design themes, with some titles available in a choice of color palettes. With sales of flatscreens soaring (Keepmedia), and with the new, sleek screens on display instead of being hidden away in an armoire or closet, more people are searching for sources moving art to display in their homes. As Jim Bizzocchi says, "We believe artists will use the flat-panel displays as frames for "video paintings"—slow moving but highly pictorial works of televisual art that explore light, shape, texture and motion. The next decade will be a rich test-bed for new forms of domestic visual art." See also Video art Hilary Lawson References Lawson, H: Closure: A story of everything. Routledge, 2001. External links http://www.voltcafe.com/home/?p=2948 http://aestheticamagazine.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-prize-for-video-painting-2010.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100719014431/http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/645727 http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/features/features/july_2010/open_prize&p=2250 https://web.archive.org/web/20100825110034/http://www.ruskin-sch.ox.ac.uk/news/karolina_raczynska_shortlisted_for_open_gallery_prize_for_video_painting/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121523/http://www.alyswilliams.com/Artscape-project/articles/artscape-project.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110720062012/http://www.intelligencesquared.com/people/l/hilary-lawson Visual arts media Video art