Graduation Project/ Awarded St.Joost medal for best graduation project.
The Thermophore is an artificial organism developed by Tim for his graduation project. Tim wanted to create an organism that looked real and was alive.
Alive? Everything that we call alive is made up of thousands of complex chemical processes functioning as one whole; an organism.
Tim questioned; Is it possible to control or use at least 1 chemical process to suggest that something is alive?
With this in mind the Thermophore was eventually born. The Thermophore is an artificial ‘plant-like’ organism that changes it’s color when reacting to warmth.
By absorbing heat, the Thermophore feeds itself with energy, a beautiful visual process is put in motion that causes this organism to change color.
When absorbed enough energy, the Thermophore slowly cools down returning to it’s original color.
Detail structure Thermophores
Three Thermophores changing color
Video registration: Thermophores graduation installation