Thermal Shift

A marver – a steel table found in most glass shops – is transformed into a frigid landscape and a musical instrument where a cast of dry ice chunks causes the metal top to vibrate to audible levels. Adjacent to the centrally placed table, glassblowers produce simple bubbles. While still hot, these glass spheres undergo thermal shock and break as they come in contact with objects cooled by some more dry ice. A thermal imaging camera live-streams the cooling and an audio system amplifies the cracking sound made by the glass breaking.

Participants:  Max Syron, Keunae Song, Hilary Wang and Niels Cosman