FABIAN OEFNER CAPTURES THE DANCING COLORS

FABIAN OEFNER , SWITZERLAND

SOURCE - http://www.fabianoefner.com/

ABOUT THE ARTIST –

Fabian Oefner (born 1984, Switzerland) is a curious investigator, photographer and artist, whose work moves between the fields of art and science. He is on a mission to harness elemental forms of natural phenomena and capture them in the most stunning way possible. His aim is to present the unseen and poetic facets of our natural world and to invite us to stop for a moment and appreciate the magic that constantly surrounds us.

Oefner`s work has been featured in internationally renowned print and online media such as New Scientist, FOCUS, Wired, Huffington Post and BBC Online. His photographs have been exhibited in Switzerland and Brazil and are part of several private collections around the globe. Besides that, he has been commissioned by influential international brands to collaborate on campaigns and art projects.   

ADDRESS -

Fabian Oefner | Photography , Belchenweg 12 , 5034 Suhr , Switzerland .

Cell Phone: +41 79 202 81 57

Web: www.fabianoefner.com

Mail: mail@fabianoefner.com

FABIAN OEFNER’S TED TALK 

         DANCING COLORS

      Making Sound Waves Visible

       Fabian – “ What you see on these images are color pigments dancing on a speaker. By placing the pigments on a speaker and then playing music through it, the membrane of the speaker starts to vibrate, creating these funny looking figures. To capture the very moment, in which the pigments are lifted into the air, a microphone was attached to the flash system. Like this everytime the micro picks up a sound, it triggers the flashes.”

     BLACK HOLE

      

      Paint In Motion

        Fabian – “ ‘Black Hole’ is a series of images, which shows paint modeled by centripetal force. The setup is very simple: Various shades of acrylic paint are dripped onto a metallic rod, which is connected to a drill. When switched on, the paint starts to move away from the rod, creating these amazing looking structures. The motion of the paint happens in a blink of an eye, the images you see are taken only millisecond after the drill was turned on. To capture the moment, where the paint forms that distinctive shape, I connected a sensor to the drill, which sends an impulse to the flashes. These specialized units are capable of creating flashes as short as a 1/40000 of a second, freezing the motion of the paint.”

        IRIDIENT

Bursting Soap Bubbles

        Fabian – “ Captured with High Speed Flash Units, the images show soap bubbles in the moment of bursting. In the first few images, you can still see the bubbles intact, few instants after their creation. In the last pictures, you see how the thin film of soap starts to dissapear, leaving behind countless tiny drops of soap water.”

        VANISHING BEAUTY

Bursting Balloons Filled With Corn Starch

        Fabian – “ What seems to be a cotton blossom at first sight, is a very short-lived structure in reality. it is a bursting ballon filled with corn starch. for a tiny amount of time, the starch still keeps the shape of the balloon, forming this blossom-like structure, before it collapses.”

    MILLEFIORI

      Ferrofluid Mixed With Water Colors

        Fabian – “The shapes, you see in these image are about the size of a thumbnail. They are created by mixing ferrofluid with water color and putting it into a magnetic field.
Ferrofluid is a magnetic solution with a viscosity similar to motor oil. When put under a magnetic field, the iron particles in the solution start to rearrange, forming the black channels and separating the water colors from the ferrofluid. The result are these peculiar looking structures.”

NEBULAE

Outer Space In Studio

Fabian – “ What might look like a giant nebula or a distant galaxy at first glance, is in reality the glowing ends of a fibre glass lamp. The images were created by taking long-time exposures of several fibre glass lamps (exactly, those ugly-looking lamps, that were extremely popular in the 90`s) moving around in a darkened room. Afterwards, severeal images were multiplied in photoshop to achieve the density of such a structure. What I personally like about this project is how you can create an illusionist space with such simple means, that are familiar to everybody.”

HATCH

Fabian – “ The series of images was inspired by a picture of a hatching chick. I tought why not making a series showing the hatching of a manufactured product.  As if it was not being manufactured but born. That would look familiar and peculiar at the same time. Thats why I came up with the hatching of the car. So I first had to make a latex mold from a model car. Then I poured a thin layer of gypsum into the mold to create the shell. This was followed by the most exhausting part of the project. I smashed the gypsum shell onto the model car several dozens of time before I got the images I wanted. that was quite a challenge since one had to tidy up after every image and create a new shell. But I think the final results were reward enough.”

SHOOTOUT

Bursting Soda Cans And Light Bulbs

Fabian – “These images were created with the aid of an air gun. The cans were placed in a small studio assembly and then shot from the right side. To capture the very moment, where the projectile hits the can, a microphone was connected to several custom-made high-speed flashes. As soon as the gun triggered, the micro caught that sound and sent an electronic impulse to the flashes to trigger them. The same principles were used to take the images of the bursting light bulbs.”

DISINTEGRATING

      Spectacular Car Photography

Fabian – “This is an on-going series of images showing cars disintegrating. What you see is not a cg image. If you would like to know more about the creation of the images, please visit my blog on 500px.com .”