Tales of Entropy - Guillaume Schweicher & Nicolas Klimis

Tales of Entropy stages the irresistible beauty and the poetry of an organic compound changing its physical state in a thermal gradient, under polarized light. As the thermodynamic conditions evolve, the compound gradually evolves from crystal, to liquid-crystal, to liquid, before recrystallisation and re- orientations, displaying striking color patterns with a profound dramatic effect. The choreography of matter on this video happens live over the space of 1mm of the entire sample. This audiovisual performance matches live microscopic images from Guillaume Schweicher, FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères (ULB), with the deep and emotional ambient soundscapes of Brussels-based artist Juanita, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Klimis.