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On a moonlit stage beneath the Hawaiian sea, an ancient seduction unfolds. The bobtail squid, soft-bodied and vulnerable, entrusts its safety to Aliivibrio fischeri<\/em>, a luminous bacterium that gives the squid\u2019s skin a shimmering blue-green glow. Together they perform a delicate dance of concealment and revelation: by matching the silver wash of moonlight above, the squid erases its shadow from the eyes of predators below, slipping through the darkness unseen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At dawn, when danger subsides, the squid releases almost<\/em> all of its glowing companions back into the water – Lights out! A fleeting farewell – leaving just<\/em> enough inside itself to rekindle the spark. Buried in cool sand through the day, the squid becomes a sanctuary, sheltering the survivors as they multiply in the dark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brought to life by Ava Rose, I’ah Donovan-Banfield, Lee Rafuse Haines, Lydia Pearl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brainstorming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the relationship between the squid and the bacteria? Initial conversation between artist and scientists brought up co-dependence, in a playful tone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the Scenes <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our models getting into character. This shoot used UV lighting, as we wanted to highlight the bioluminescent phenomenon that makes this bacteria so special. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On a moonlit stage beneath the Hawaiian sea, an ancient seduction unfolds. The bobtail squid, soft-bodied and vulnerable, entrusts its safety to Aliivibrio fischeri, a luminous bacterium that gives the squid\u2019s skin a shimmering blue-green glow. Together they perform a delicate dance of concealment and revelation: by matching the silver wash of moonlight above, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/197"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirst.slyrabbit.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}