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'''1.2.2 The feature of 'intelligence''' | '''1.2.2 The feature of 'intelligence''' | ||
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If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | ||
'''1.2.2 The inspiration''' | '''1.2.2 The inspiration''' | ||
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So after watching and learning from this movie, it is hard for me to imagine how strong a single-celled organism can be, even it is just a science fiction. Then I had this idea to tell people the intelligence of slime mold by building an art installation according to its form of growing patterns. | So after watching and learning from this movie, it is hard for me to imagine how strong a single-celled organism can be, even it is just a science fiction. Then I had this idea to tell people the intelligence of slime mold by building an art installation according to its form of growing patterns. | ||
'''1.2.3 The resemblance between the growing patterns of slime mold and human brain section''' | '''1.2.3 The resemblance between the growing patterns of slime mold and human brain section''' | ||
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[[File:brain shaped slime mold.jpeg|400px]][[File:brain section.jpeg|400px]] | [[File:brain shaped slime mold.jpeg|400px]][[File:brain section.jpeg|400px]] | ||
'''1.2.4 The three dimensional glass art installation''' | |||
My idea is to use clay or other soft material to simulate the growth of slime molds and inlaid in several pieces of glass like this. When we overlap the glass pieces we will see the slime molds form a three dimensional human brain. | |||
[[File:glass art idea.jpg|400px]] | |||
The technique refers to the three dimensional glass art. People can feel free to take out certain piece of glass to observe the slime molds model and know how powerful it is with the magic brainless intelligence. This art installation is a metaphor that every creature has its own power. We should try to understand it and respect it. | |||
[[File:glass art idea2.jpg|400px]] | |||
The prior option is to directly move the slime mold organism, which I planned to do experiments to grow, from petri dishes to glass slices. But before the experiment I had a concern that it could be very difficult to grow it in winter, since it is usually most active spring times (from March to May). And the living status of slime mold changes really fast that I might cannot keep it as its perfect condition. Plus it could be also troubling to move samples. Therefore I prepared two other backup plans. Either I could take photos while the samples are perfectly growing and use these to make yellow cray slices, or I could build the installation with cray slices according to pictures of growing slime mold on the internet. | |||
But after consultation with my professor and the teaching assistant, we all agree to hold on to the plan A. Just keep experimenting and get personal understandings of the organism, even if all the test failed. The goal of this course is not to create art, but to learn by researching and experimenting the organism. | |||
[[:File:biolab-idea-jiannan-pdf.pdf]] | [[:File:biolab-idea-jiannan-pdf.pdf]] |
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