Based in Tokyo, Yoshio Machida specializes in ‘photobatik’ using photographic paper as the medium. No camera is involved in Machida’s work. Instead he coaxes pattern out of the development of the paper by immersing it in acetic acid, then developer. The surface begins to develop unevenly, based on how and where the two liquids combine. When Machida is pleased with the result, the photo paper meets the fixer and the pattern is made permanent before the final stages of washing and drying. Photobatik is all about whole exposure and partial development, and Machida will also combine pieces of photo paper to create collages of soft colour. SM

Based in France, but unleashed all over the internet, Plastic TV is all about aesthetic video art, groovy moving paintings for our TV screens. The focus is less on traditional video, but more towards visual arts adapted to the screen, and usually accompanied by an original soundtrack. Plastic TV offers video art by a wide variety of artists, so there's something for everyone. And on a smaller scale, screensavers are also available. The above piece is an extract from work by Videoshapes (Patrice Manillier), an ambient soundscape called People. SM

Session 001 by VJ Milosh (Milosz Luczynski)

Jour de Rêve by Yuki Kawamura, who specializes in dreamy images.

Ombre de Libre Arbitre, a video painting by Gérard Pairé

Cantus Campus, one of a series by Jean-Luc Oyama-Jusseau

Simon Millgate's Flash painting generators are randomly generated animated paintings that change every few seconds. The variation in composition is slow enough that the viewer has time to digest each step of the way and freeze frame any favorite moments. Other pieces by Millgate include mask-like pigmented inkjet prints derived from digital compositions based on a variety of flora and some fauna, like lichen, bark and oysters. Other digital pieces include still lifes incorporating relief. SM