242 Project 3 First Concept
As soon as I read the project brief I had one instant idea for the third project.
Back in 2008 I did an art panel based on silouettes of bugs from New Zealand and one type of bug stuck in my mind. The Arachnocampa luminosa. A type of glowworm native to New Zealand. What brought it to my attention is the way to catches prey. It extends down long lines (called fishing lines) made of silk. These lines are then used to catch flies and other flying insects when they touch it.
It is these lines of silk that I had an idea about. The beauty of the glowing effect and the way they are made interests me greatly.
The use of hierachy and repition of the next project is what instantly reminded me of these fishing lines. Hopefully I intend to replicate a similar type of lone repeating line of shapes which would be able to swing around, maybe through interaction, and I can use rotate and translate to do this.Obviously this is all still in the concept stage but I wanted to write about them anyways.