http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3355 <!--paging_filter--><p>Jasmina Metwaly, the winner of the 2010 Open Prize for video painting, says of her work: ‘It allows me to be in control, but I also lose control over the medium.' The remark is characteristic of video painting, which differs in several ways from conventional video art. The ‘canvas' for this kind of painting is a projector or a video screen, and the painting is determined by the camera view, which is from a fixed point. No editing or artistic manipulation is allowed, and there is no soundtrack. </p><p><p><a href="/node/3355"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3355#comments Video painting Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:38:01 +0000 Frances Weaver 3355 at http://standpointmag.co.uk