Reflective Practice; Boredom Research 'After Glow'

http://www.silentsignal.org/afterglow/

A landscape locked in perpetual twilight becomes illuminated by glowing trails evocative of mosquito flight paths. These spiralling forms represent packets of blood infected with Plasmodium knowlesi a malaria parasite recently found to jump the species barrier from monkey to human.

I was inspired at how the collaboration between the arts and science can bring about a common platform and medium, where all can be inclusive; that being scientific data, mathematics, patterns, light, shadow, dark, animation, visual aesthetics and drama.

I particularly liked the photographic still shown below, from the animated film 'After Glow'; I watched it in the reception area of the Life Sciences Gallery, Dundee, University.

I had no information or knowledge regarding the subject matter of the film, and imagined that the swirling light patterns were DNA Helix spirals, and the flare points (bright spot with horizontal flash lines below) was a depection of cell synthesis mutation or growth...

My understanding from the lecture, that these spiralling forms represent Mosquito flight paths, and the flash points are when the opportunity of infection is present...

As part of the lecture, Vicky Isley and Paul Smith elaborated on their fascination with life cycles, patterns, growth, death, recession and expansion...
This particular image below ' Dark Storm Phials' reminded me of one of the shots that I've included in the opening sequence of Thaw....a stagnant and emotionally frozen woman, superimposed over a field of dying poppies...