The Perfect Fire
To hit the Temple of Transition nail on its fiery and beautiful head, Alex and Phil needed to wipe their minds and reorientate their heads. The years of fire safety, structural protection and minimising risk needed to be inverted, flipped and twisted in order to enable the creation of a wild monster fire, albeit one with limits fundamentally controlled by us.
This required careful toying with accepted fire dynamics theory, and a bit of interpretation in the labs. Essentially, rather than using pyrotechnics, explosions and the usual fanfare of visual stimulation, a liberated and natural fire would be allowed to rage in the temple. Whilst appearing to be uncontrolled, adjustments to certain features, both pertaining to structural stability and integrity in fire may allow an almost transcendal force to judge the outcome of this fierce and beautiful and destructive experiment. Without giving the details away, we intend to bring five identical towers collapsing to the ground, in sequence, with exactly the same ignition source and fire conditions, as if by magic. The tower's central temple, which will remain standing alone amongst the chaos around it, will then collapse in on itself and add fuel to the world's biggest bonfire.
Needless to say...no pressure. We've been working closely alongside our mentors, Jose Torero and Elvis, in order to ensure that this all comes off. Here are a few shots from the labs.
This required careful toying with accepted fire dynamics theory, and a bit of interpretation in the labs. Essentially, rather than using pyrotechnics, explosions and the usual fanfare of visual stimulation, a liberated and natural fire would be allowed to rage in the temple. Whilst appearing to be uncontrolled, adjustments to certain features, both pertaining to structural stability and integrity in fire may allow an almost transcendal force to judge the outcome of this fierce and beautiful and destructive experiment. Without giving the details away, we intend to bring five identical towers collapsing to the ground, in sequence, with exactly the same ignition source and fire conditions, as if by magic. The tower's central temple, which will remain standing alone amongst the chaos around it, will then collapse in on itself and add fuel to the world's biggest bonfire.
Needless to say...no pressure. We've been working closely alongside our mentors, Jose Torero and Elvis, in order to ensure that this all comes off. Here are a few shots from the labs.