carsten nicolai

thermic

2011
metal heating system, light spot
dimensions variable
thermic

the work thermic is a visualisation of usually invisible heat waves floating through space. hot air produced streaming upwards from a heat source is made visible by a light spot throwing shadows of it onto the wall. like in a fata morgana we can see fluctuations of air thus realizing that we are not surrounded by empty space but by a physically flexible matter.