Thanks @catharcissism there's a few different styles in the light painting community and mine is probably kinetic movement of the camera whether it's panning or rotating. I achieve this stuff in one exposure. I swap lenses in the dark then transfer the camera to another tripod pre-arranged to point at another element. The most I've done is three tripods and three lenses but that ain't easy!
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So, lets say you're moving to the second spot, is the light source already on at that point, or do you flick it on once the camera is in place?
Likewise, how are you navigating in the dark - just feel/muscle memory?
I rehearse each part before combining them all in one. So in the first image above, I shot the plasma ball by panning the camera downward with the camera in portrait orientation holding steady on the ball for 5 seconds before moving to capture the trail of continuous light from the plasma ball. Once I've worked out aperture and focus point I then go on to rehearse the lighting on the board. Once happy with both parts, here I shot the ball first then changed lenses and tripods in the dark. Manual lenses with aperture rings are good for this stuff and it's great that you can adapt Nikon lenses to Sony FE like I do.
With the rehearsal comes the memory as you say but I do tend to wear a head torch and make sure the lens caps are on as I move around. I trip over flash stands and tripods quite a bit...