futurebird , 3 hours ago

@alexwild

I have this crazy idea for an art project and it would be a wall of photos, studio portraits of ants. Every single ant in an entire colony. And in there somewhere you'd have the queen. Maybe they could all have little frames too and nameplates? (might be too much)

But just so you could see them all at once.

(To keep it reasonable maybe do a bull ant colony... But leaf cutters could be hilarious. One would need a very large wall.)

michaelgemar , 3 hours ago

@futurebird @alexwild You want to do a nest yearbook?

That’s adorable.

futurebird , 3 hours ago

@michaelgemar @alexwild

Exactly!

It'd probably stress the ants out too much. But if I think of a way to do it or see a chance where it makes sense...

smutek , 3 hours ago

@futurebird @alexwild That's a really cool idea!

alexwild OP , 3 hours ago

@futurebird Oohhhhhhh I love it.

CStamp , 3 hours ago

@futurebird @alexwild Is each individual unique?

futurebird , 3 hours ago

@CStamp @alexwild

Enough that a person could tell them apart? not exactly. But they are all just a little different.

futurebird , 3 hours ago

@CStamp @alexwild

They also react in different and consistent ways. Some are more cautious, some for spastic. Their experiences shape them in small anty ways.

inlaing , 3 hours ago

@futurebird @alexwild not wild at all. The 'typology' photography series is a long-standing tradition in contemporary art. Popularised first by the Bechers https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bernd-becher-and-hilla-becher-718/who-are-bechers

futurebird , 4 hours ago

@alexwild

"Not sure the world needs yet more photographs of leafcutter ants carrying leaves"

Whaaaa-aaat? How could you say such a thing!

(I love the way she has her antennae drooped down. Their posture doing this is endlessly fascinating to me. )