TALKING WITH FIREFLIES
| DIALOGUE # 1 & DIALOGUE # 2

Video | Kuala Selangor, Malaysia | 2002

With a lighter I tried to establish communication with thousands of fireflies.

From boats and canoes I tried to get close the the mysterious fireflie-light-show, you find best in Kuala Selangor in Malaysia. Here, in trees by the River, Sungei Selangor there is a high concentration of the Pteroptyx Tener (The masterfireflie of synchronized flashing). This spiece can copy surrounding lightflashes
2 thousands fireflies can be in one tree, and they all flashing in sync mode.

WATCH
DIALOGUE # 1
WATCH DIALOGUE # 2

Read Jacob Lillemose' text on the videos.
Read here some facts about the fireflies.
See two other videoproject with fireflies
#1 & #2