My first idea is to do light painting with my 3D printer. By sending direct Gcode instructions, I can direct my printer to move around in 3D space, and I can capture that motion over time with long exposure. For my light source, I originally wanted to use a firefly, but getting fireflies or glow worms is unethical so I can’t do that. Instead I was thinking about using motion-sensitive glow in the dark algae.
-Is this feasible?
-Will it be sufficiently disturbed to glow
-Is this still a “creature in time”
-My thought here is as the algae’s glow reacts to it being disturbed, that feedback between machine moving it and its bio glow is the qudiddity
-Could a different light source be better?
My second idea for my project is to use a webcam and openCV or another software to detect birds outside my window. When it does, I will record the location of the birds with my axidraw.
-How should I represent the birds?
-Trace their motion?
-Draw them at a single frame in the abstract m style?
-What software can I use to detect birds?