I found this reference in the 1988 SIGGRAPH Art Show Review[1] - a possible candidate for the inspiration? "Alan Rath had two works, Word Processor and Bird Ca

I found this reference in the 1988 SIGGRAPH Art Show Review[1] - a possible candidate for the inspiration? "Alan Rath had two works, Word Processor and Bird Cage (see Figure 21) in the show. Bird Cage is a kinetic work created from a microcomputer, digital frame store, and a speech synthesizer. A solenoid system moves the one-inch video monitor inside the cage. The amount of movement is controlled by the intensity of ambient light. The video bird displays a human eye, which looks about and blinks." [1] - https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SIGGRAPH1988_Displays_on_Display_IEEEReview.pdf https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SIGG... (page 23)