Perhaps you are all already familiar with the work of Vladmaster but I hope you all enjoyed the piece Lucifugia Thigmotaxis that I showed in class. What is it like to be a cockroach? - it givies you an idea (and so much more) in 3D.
It makes me think of some of the photographic work of Catherine Chalmers on these study. Of course insects have high cultural cache, but don't you know. After all, Cabinet Magazine had a whole issue devoted to them just this year.Insects are crawling all over culture like...well, insects.
-andy
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ReplyDeletei dont know how to properly post on here, but i found the clip of the insect-possessing fungi on Planet Earth.
ReplyDeletewatch it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3t4v8PmY_Q