ADP - Wk2- Play and Time (update)

Theme: Play & Time

Context:

When light hits an object, the object absorbs some of the light and reflects the rest of it. Depending on the properties on the object, a selected wavelength will bounce back and reveal a respective color to our eyes. The human brain is sensitive to the differences between the hues therefore, it is safe to call color as the most important visual experience to human beings. It functions as a powerful information channel to the human cognitive system and has been found to play a significant role in enhancing memory performance.

Notes: Cones are a type of photoreceptor. They are the tiny cells in the retina responding to light. The majority of human population have 6 to 7 million cones, and almost all of them are concentrated on a 0.3 millimetres spot on the retina called the fovea centralis.

Like animals, we recognize changes in our surrounding when nature swifts to another color. For instant, a research by scientists at The University of Manchester has revealed that the colour of light has a major impact on how the brain clock measures time of day and on how mammals' physiology and behavior adjust accordingly. They proceed an experiment on mice to observe how their biological clock works in a visual stimuli environment of an artificial sky from dusk until dawn. In the end, they find that many of the mice’s neurons were more sensitive to changes in colour between blue and yellow than to changes in brightness. Unlike mice, human neurons tend to respond strongly towards the color red and green and sometimes, for around 2% of the population, blue.

In ancient time, how did the first human tell the time? In some parts of the Earth, when the planet's axis is tilted at an angle of about 23.4, seasons happen. Nature is always quick to adjust to seasons by giving a range of colors. For example, in spring and summer, leaves are green and in autumn, they turn yellow or red. Leaves are colored by molecules called pigments. Chlorophyll in leaves is important for plants to make food using sunlight. During spring and summer when there is plenty of sunlight, plants produce a lot of chlorophyll. However, in autumn, some plants stop making chlorophyll. Instead, those plants break down chlorophyll into smaller molecules. As chlorophyll goes away, other pigments start to show their colors. This is why leaves turn yellow or red in fall.

Inspired by the magic of nature and O. Henry’s The Last Leaf, I decide to use the image of a leaf in my work.

“Because I want to see the last leaf fall.” – Johnsy

Method:

Paper art and good o’ traditional art with paint, paper and glue.

Response:

I am studying how to visually improve a flip card in order to better represent the impact of time on a leaf. While trying to meet up with the deadlines, I would first whip up a video in After Effect then submit my flip card later.

(Update) I replaced my leaf video with my flip card

Reflection:

As COVID-19 is getting worse, I may have to paint my work since I may not be able to get to the campus’ color printers.

Maybe I should paint all of my works instead of printing them. #lockdown #onlinetransition.

Also, I've got locked out of my RMIT Youtube account so I'll have to use my personal account to upload the vid. (https://youtu.be/TyyAYEBz_a8)

(Update) I do not have any thicker paper than A4 so I glued two sheets together. The mechanism is still laggy. I suppose it is the slippery of the plastic cover wrapping around the paper parts. Once again, this is another example of Solitary play and a play with momevent.