NON-NATIVE
Ou hito ni akari wo misuru hotaru kana
The firefly / Gives light / To its pursuer
- Otomo Oemaru (Blythe, 1952)
The firefly / Gives light / To its pursuer
- Otomo Oemaru (Blythe, 1952)
Temporary public art installation of 1,200 custom digital LED fireflies that mimic the communication patterns of Photinus pyralis (a midwest native species). Installed in a 5-acre park meadow, the fireflies danced from dusk to twilight, exploring themes of childhood memory, introduced species, displacement, and digital communications.
Project made possible through grant funding from the 4Culture Tech Specific program and with the technical assistance of Benjamin VanDerPloeg. Video editing by Michael Matisse.
1. Proposal rendering of installation along Elliott Bay.
2. Installation visitors
4. Frontispiece from “Studies on the Flash Communication System in Photinus Fireflies”, by James E. Lloyd, 1966, a publication of research used as the technical basis for design.
5. Testing and system design.
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