Thermaloid #1 is the first exercise in my long exploration of the medium of thermal printers. The name of the project is inspired by the Polaroid, as thermal printers share many similarities with the Polaroid in terms of imaging.

The project explores the process of machine observation and profiling of humans in an offensive but interesting way. Unbeknownst to the viewer, the installation captures key points of the face through a webcam and saves this data as an image file, which is then printed and fed back to the viewer.

In this process, the machine's “observation” is not only a capture of physical features, but also a reflection  with representatives on the virtualization of identity in the digital age.

Thermaloid #1 是我对于热敏打印机作为艺术媒介的初次实验，项目名称灵感来自于宝丽来（Polaroid），它们之间有许多相似之处。

本项目探索了机器以一种冒犯性却有趣的观察与识别人类的方式，它通过摄像头在观众未察觉的情况下捕捉其面部关键点，并以文件保存，最后通过热敏打印反馈给观众。