Heather Barnett makes art from physarum polycephalum, including a beautiful timelapse film of its growth. Check out some truly strange GIFs of the work.
希瑟·巴内特用多头绒泡菌创作艺术——这是一种生活在阴凉潮湿环境中的真核微生物。作为一个以半智能黏菌为主题的项目的一部分，巴内特在”创作控制权与作者身份的博弈”中捕捉其行为，制作了一部记录其生长过程的延时影片。
在这些图像中，她复现了中垣俊之2000年实验中的一个迷宫——该实验证明了这种生物能够主动寻找食物来源。黏菌已经在迷宫中蔓延成网络，而当中垣俊之及其北海道大学团队在迷宫内两处不同位置放置琼脂后，黏菌便从空旷的角落收缩退出，找到了两个营养点之间的最短路径，并蔓延成一张将两点相连的美丽网状结构。
巴内特将于2014年6月在柏林TED沙龙发表演讲。
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