23 Jul 2016

Thomas Thwaites: acting the goat

From Saturday Morning, 11:07 am on 23 July 2016
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Thomas Thwaites is a designer interested in technology, science, and futures research.

His 2011 book, The Toaster Project, detailed his attempt to make an electric toaster from scratch; his second book, GoatMan (Princeton Architectural Press), is about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland.

Thomas Thwaites, author of GoatMan, which details his Wellcome Trust-funded attempt to live like a goat.

Thomas Thwaites receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation. Photo: Sioban Imms

Thomas Thwaites with a goat. Photo: Daniel Alexander

Thomas Thwaites with goat head. Photo: Daniel Alexander

Thomas Thwaites with goat guts. Photo: Daniel Alexander

Thomas Thwaites with early goat prostheses. Photo: Glyn Heath

Thomas Thwaites grazing as a goat. Photo: Tim Bowditch

Thomas Thwaites walking as a goat. Photo:Tim Bowditch

Thomas Thwaites on a Swiss mountain; walking uphill is easier. Photo: Tim Bowditch

Images of Thomas Thwaites during his Wellcome Trust-funded  project to live like a goat.

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