Research Question

Research Question

Week 2

How can the adaptive survival vision of local pollinator butterflies influence and inspire emotive strategies in UK rewilding efforts, amid a changing climate?

Research Question

Process

Supergenerational

Genetic transmission between Monarch Butterflies

DNA Navigation

How species navigate through internal DNA-driven data, passed intergenerationally

Symbiotic relationships

The milkweed and the Monarch butterfly

Use of a digital butterfly that is tracked through migration routes and patterns

Output 1

A physical and digital collation of species with internal navigational systems, denoting distance and migratory routes, illustrated in a children’s book and/or factual graphical representation-style book. Digital version could be a animation with narration.Edit: Illustrator, freehand digital drawing via iPad, sound studioTechnology required: VR headsetVRR

Brief testing of drawing in a book view

A Fish With A Smile -Jimmy Liao

Kristin Makarius

The Monarch Joint Venture

References

David BowenTele-present Wind

output 2

A sculptural installation of symbiotic relationships between species and plant, collating migratory routes of species with navigational intelligence with VR interaction to experience the migratory process, allure and distresses in a changing climate. Edit: Physical Making, Unreal EngineTechnology required: VR headset

Reference

output 3

A game film that story-maps together mapping, visuals, and narrative to illustrate how migratory non-human species are allured to particular habitats, compares the similarities and maps them on a globe of proposed protected areas.Editing: Unreal Engine, Cinema 4D, Lidar scanning, Audio scanning (ambient sounds)

A high-quality game still shot in the style of Stray PS5 game,birds eye view, flying over a grass field with a few purple milkweed, natural light, dreamlike view. game style visual with UV vision

POV visual, following a migration of butterflies on their routeFlutter, lots of movement in visualMoving image / game playOnly ambient sounds, no narration

Storyboarding content

VISUAL RESEARCH: The visual from the perspective of a butterfly pollinator.

Butterflies are very nearsighted. While they can spot color and conspecifics, they cannot recognize patterns. Some species of butterflies, like the empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia), have a visual field of about 344 degrees on the horizontal plane. Their vision is pretty clear, but no one can really tell whether the butterfly brain stitches those 17,000 individual impressions into a single cohesive field of vision or whether they perceive a mosaic.

VISUAL RESEARCH: The visual from the perspective of a butterfly pollinator.

Use of a UV imaging sensor and 360 cameras to test this as biomimetric technology. Butterflies have a wider color spectrum and are sensitive to ultraviolet light, while humans have more detail-oriented vision.

A high-quality game still shot in the style of Stray PS5 game, flying over a grass field identifying a few purple milkweed, natural lighting

POV visual, following a migration of butterflies on their route, with their UV viewFlutter, lots of movement in visualMoving image / game playOnly ambient sounds, no narration

Storyboarding content

Key Technologies and Devices

Multi-spectral/Hyperspectral and High-speed cameras

(e.g., Spectral Imaging Systems)High-speed cameras (e.g., Phantom high-speed cameras)

UV-sensitive and omnidirectional cameras

UV-sensitive cameras and filters (e.g., Sony UVC filters)Omnidirectional cameras (e.g., Ricoh Theta, Ladybug cameras)

Artificial compound eye sensors and software

(research-based prototypes)Image processing software (e.g., MATLAB, Photoshop)3D modeling software and VR tools (e.g., Blender, Unreal, Unity)

Common dog-violets are essential to the well-being of pearl-bordered fritillaries

Pearl-bordered Fritillary is one of the fastest declining butterflies in the UK, having suffered a 66% decline in abundance between 1977 and 2004.

New Forest butterflies - pearl-bordered fritillary

Use of a digital butterfly that is tracked through migration routes and patterns

Output 1

A physical and digital collation of species with internal navigational systems, denoting distance and migratory routes, illustrated in a children’s book and/or factual graphical representation-style book. Digital version could be a animation with narration.Edit: Illustrator, freehand digital drawing via iPad, sound studioTechnology required: VR headsetVRR

Awesome Fast AnimalsIllustrator: Matt O'Neil Author: Lydia HallidayPublished: 03-Oct-2022

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