Motion Studies: The Art and Science of Bird Flight

Fernanda D’Agostino; Harry Dawson; Bret W. Tobalske

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-5406-8_9

Motion Studies: The Art and Science of Bird Flight

Fernanda D’Agostino
, Harry Dawson
, Bret W. Tobalske

Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

This chapter presents Motion Studies, an artwork that brought together investigations into bird flight, at the intersection of art and science. At the core of the project were motion studies undertaken in a flight laboratory and translated into video. Motion Studies used a fluid dynamics imaging system known as digital particle velocimetry to compare the nature of birds’ flights in different conditions. The footage was later edited into an experimental art video that combines location footage, archival imagery and a digitally altered sound track of wild birds’ calls. Motion Studies has been exhibited around the world as both a single-channel video and as part of a video installation. Insights gained while working on the art video have led to promising new scientific research directions for the team and to a series of related art works.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Springer Series on Cultural Computing
Publisher	Springer
Pages	121-136
Number of pages	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5406-8_9
State	Published - 2013

Publication series

Name	Springer Series on Cultural Computing
ISSN (Print)	2195-9056
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-9064

Funding

film festivals around the world have been made possible by the National Science Foundation grant requirement to make academic work accessible to a general public. Our further research proposal was awarded a Lindbergh Foundation Honour Award in 2009. A grant from The Regional Arts and Culture Council of Portland supported both the Motion Studies exhibition at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery and D’Agostino’s attendance at the EVA conference.

Keywords

Laser Flash
Motion Study
Particle Image Velocimetry
Wild Bird
Wind Tunnel

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