Dec 10, 2012 on sale appeared a book that can be purchased online. Fabian oefner photographs breathtaking images at the nexus of art and science. Swiss artist and photographer fabian oefner is on a mission to make eyecatching art from everyday science. It moves in waves, by the compression and rarefaction of the air molecules. Dancing colours by fabian oefner the orms photographic blog. At a young age, oefner has already had the prestige of speaking at a tedx event. Fabian oefner is a professional photographer, specialized in ad, industrial and editorial photography. He even drove a ferrari into a wind tunnel and splattered. Swiss artist fabian oefner has carved out his reputation by fusing the fields of art and science, creating images appealing to heart and mind. He placed pigments of different colors on a speaker and cap five a week dancing colors making sound waves visible love these images by fabian oefner. Fabian oefner loves working with unusual materials like motor oil and evaporated alcohol. Mar 20, 20 the powertool art attack is the work of fabian oefner who captures the flight of paint from the end of a drill bit with a camera exposure of just one 40,000th of a second.
The sea is blue, the grass is green and as evidenced by nicki minaj, hair can be any shade from crimson to copper. His latest project consists of classic cars from 50s and 60s, frozen at the moment of breaking into hundreds of parts. Detailed photos by fabien oefner capture exploded sports cars. The shapes, you see in these image are about the size of a thumbnail. This is massive attack dc 1920 by fabian oefner on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Dancing colors, making sound waves visible music visualization. Gallery in geneva starting on 27 november until may 2014. Dancing colors is the project of the talented photographer fabian oefner, where he gives sound waves shape and color for your viewing pleasure. He cuts up and meticulously rearranges each photo into a new work of explosion art, transforming a twodimensional image into a threedimensional object in space. A 3d printed dress for the paralympics, biodiversity in the. Physically speaking, sound is always a vibration, whether it is the song of a nightingale, the sound of a piano or the human voice. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of crystals as they interact with soundwaves.
There is blue, yellow, orange, green, red and purple. After capturing the life of a soap bubble, swiss photographer fabian oefner has turned his talents to making wonderful threedimensional art. Oil and water dont mix, but they make for stunning photos. He first intended to become a car designer, but in the end, photography made a bigger impression on him. Aug, 20 swiss photographer fabian oefner has crafted a niche for himself as the master of colourful photography. Similar to the equalizer on music player, fabian oefner, a talented zurich based photographer. Revel in fabian oefners dancing colours photography agenda. His images capture in unique and imaginative ways natural phenomena that appear in our daily lives, such as sound waves, centripetal forces, iridescence, or the unique properties of. Dec 03, 20 fabian oefners artwork will be on show at the m.
That is because it is quite similar to oefner s past work including black hole, nebulae and dancing colors. His psychedelic images capture natural phenomena and present them in unique and eyecatching ways. Fabian oefner creates new portrait collage series of. Detailed photos by fabien oefner capture exploded sports. Revel in fabian oefners dancing colours photography. Watch johns ted talk and watch for a new talk from john this fall. Swiss photographer fabian oefners dancing colours series combines music and photography to create colourful abstract images. His projects are often about showing scientific phenomena in an unusual and poetic way and therefore invite the viewer to stop for a moment and appreciate the beauty that is constantly surrounding us. In a challenge to artfully interpret the latest ferrari grand tourer, the 2015 california t, internationally renowned swiss artist fabian oefner produced these electrifying photographs and video, which display the car coated in a vibrant spray of uv colours. Clever dancing colors by fabian oefner wave avenue switzerlandbased professional photographer fabian oefner dubbed his series dancing colors making sound waves visible literally because he captures color pigments as they dance to the beat of a speaker. Dancing colors is the project of the talented photographer fabian oefner, where he gives sound waves shape and color for your viewing.
In his latest experiment, fabian coated balloons with various brightly coloured paints and popped them, resulting in what he calls liquid jewels. Photographer and scientist fabian oefner uses photography to capture natural phenomena in spectacular images. The book received the same name as the project itself, life in color. Fabian oefner is a 28 year old, swiss born photographer, artist and scientist whose exquisite images reveal what cannot be seenwhether its the undulating color particles of sound waves, or a meteor shower of night sky colors that express light in motion, oefner creates a visual dimension weve never experienced before. Published nov 19, 2012 impressive images of colour pigments dancing on a speaker, captured by fabian oefner, a photographer based in zurich, switzerland. The metallic swirl of color took his breath away and inspired. Dancing colors by fabian oefner daily design inspiration. Similar to the equalizer on music player, fabian oefner, a talented zurich based photographer came up with a. Jun 29, 2012 swiss artist and photographer fabian oefner is officially enamored with vibrant hues, which his dancing colors series solidifies. Dancing colours by fabian oefner now, a more colourful series by oefner is getting quite a bit of attention. Once the wave reaches our ear, our brain transforms it back into a noise, a melody etc.
To date, subjects have included sound waves, iridescence, even magnetic ferroliquids and fire. The book contains 375 stunning images taken all over the world. Mar 05, 2018 in his new portrait collage series, explosion collages, fabian oefner creates hyperrealistic optical illusions. Dancing colors, making sound waves visible wabbaly. Dancing colors, making sound waves visible sound waves, high. Gallery is a captivating universe of kinetic art where horological machines and mechanical art devices reign supreme.
Nov 19, 2012 impressive images of colour pigments dancing on a speaker, captured by fabian oefner, a photographer based in zurich, switzerland. Watch oefner s ted talk on psychedelic science here and click. Fabian oefner is on a quest to unite art and science. Fabian oefner was walking near his home in northern switzerland six months ago when he saw a puddle of gasoline and water on the road. Swiss artist fabian oefner sees things differently from the rest of us. Colored crystals leap from the surface of a speaker as it emits sound waves. Nov 17, 20 convening the aesthetic wonder of art and the stupefying world of science, fabian oefners liquid jewels are truly a wealth in the contemporary art world. If bill nye, jackson pollock and rube goldberg ever had a hack week, the end project might resemble natures drawings, a project from scientistartist fabian oefner. Dancing colors the pillar 20 this is a visualization of sound. As the falling object splashed into the tank, the paint was forced upwards, shaping the individual layers of paint into a blossomlike structure. The photographer says that he intended to build a bridge between the acoustic and visual worlds with the series, entitled dancing colours. As in previous works like disintegrating or paint in motion the artist explores the possibilities and limits of photography. Sep 16, 2016 his new book, words on the move, published september 6, explains why the evolution of language is not only natural, but good. See more ideas about science, technology and high speed photography.
Fabian oefner is a photographer and artist who wants to blend the disciplines of art and science. Paths of the native american woman thom, laine, brafford, c. The audible signal, the sound wave, has transformed into a visual signal, the shapes you see on the images of dancing colors sound has become visible. And, in a live demo, he shows what really happens when you mix paint with magnetic liquidor when you set fire to whiskey. Swiss artist fabian oefner looks at cars from a unique per. What you see in these images, is a moment that never existed in real life, says oefner. First it was his exploration with ferrofluid and water color in the millefiori series and now he endeavors quite successfully to turn sound waves into visual sculptures. Liquid jewel by fabian oefner, a photographer based in zurich, switzerland, is a photo series that may seem familiar to some. Watch oefners ted talk on psychedelic science here and click. The powertool art attack is the work of fabian oefner who captures the flight of paint from the end of a drill bit with a camera exposure of just one 40,000th of a second. Fabian oefner born 1984, switzerland creates colorful art by harnessing scientific properties in an effort to bring to attention the beauty of the natural world and how it works. Not content to view cars or in this case, incredibly detailed scale models of cars as art by themselves, oefner understands that the real beauty is in the parts that lie beneath. Stunning, psychedelic images where art and science collide.
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