Psychedelic Science | Fabian Oefner | TED Talks

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An image is worth more than a thousand words,

Slika vredi više od hiljadu reči

so I'm going to start my talk

pa ću svoj govor početi

by stop talking and show you a few images

tako što ću prestati da pričam i pokazati vam nekoliko slika

that I recently captured.

koje sam skoro napravio.

So by now, my talk is already 6,000 words long,

Moj govor do sada već ima 6000 reči

and I feel like I should stop here.

i mislim da bi ovde trebalo da stanem.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

At the same time, I probably owe you

U isto vreme, verovatno vam

some explanation

dugujem objašnjenje

about the images that you just saw.

u vezi sa slikama koje ste upravo videli.

What I am trying to do as a photographer,

Ono što pokušavam da uradim kao fotograf,

as an artist, is to bring the world

kao umetnik, je da spojim

of art and science together.

svet umetnosti i nauke.

Whether it is an image of a soap bubble

Bez obzira da li je to slika mehurića sapuna

captured at the very moment where it's bursting,

nastala istog trenutka kada on puca,

as you can see in this image,

kao što možete videti na ovoj slici,

whether it's a universe made of tiny little beads

bez obzira da li je to univerzum napravljen od sićušnih perli

of oil paint,

uljane boje,

strange liquids that behave in very peculiar ways,

čudnih tečnosti koje se ponašaju na specifične načine,

or paint that is modeled by centrifugal forces,

ili boje koja je oblikovana centrifugalnim silama,

I'm always trying to link those two fields together.

uvek pokušavam da povežem ove dve oblasti.

What I find very intriguing about those two

Ono što mi je interesantno u vezi sa ovim oblastima

is that they both look at the same thing:

je to da gledaju na istu stvar:

They are a response to their surroundings.

one su odgovori na svoju okolinu.

And yet, they do it in a very different way.

Ipak, to rade na veoma različite načine.

If you look at science on one hand,

Ako sa jedne strane pogledate nauku,

science is a very rational approach

ona ima veoma racionalan pristup

to its surroundings,

svom okruženju,

whereas art on the other hand

dok je sa druge strane umetnost

is usually an emotional approach to its surroundings.

obično emocionalni pristup svom okruženju.

What I am trying to do is I'm trying

Ono što pokušavam je

to bring those two views into one

da ova dva pogleda spojim u jedan

so that my images both speak to the viewer's heart

tako da moje slike govore srcu gledaoca,

but also to the viewer's brain.

ali i njegovom mozgu.

Let me demonstrate this based on three projects.

Dozvolite da demonstriram ovo na tri projekta.

The first one has to do with making sound visible.

Kod prvog se radi o tome da zvuk postane vidljiv.

Now as you may know,

Kao što možda znate,

sound travels in waves,

zvuk putuje preko talasa,

so if you have a speaker,

tako da ako imate zvučnik,

a speaker actually does nothing else

zvučnik zapravo ne radi ništa drugo

than taking the audio signal,

osim što uzima zvučni signal,

transform it into a vibration,

pretvara ga u vibraciju

which is then transported through the air,

koja se onda prenosi kroz vazduh,

is captured by our ear,

nju čuje naše uho,

and transformed into an audio signal again.

i onda se opet pretvara u zvučni signal.

Now I was thinking,

Ja sam razmišljao

how can I make those sound waves visible?

kako da te zvučne talase učinim vidljivim?

So I came up with the following setup.

Smislio sam sledeće rešenje.

I took a speaker, I placed a thin foil

Uzeo sam zvučnik i stavio tanku plastičnu foliju

of plastic on top of that speaker,

na vrh tog zvučnika

and then I added tiny little crystals

i onda sam dodao sićušne kristale

on top of that speaker.

na vrh tog zvučnika.

And now, if I would play a sound through that speaker,

Sada, kada bih preko tog zvučnika pustio neki zvuk,

it would cause the crystals to move up and down.

kristali bi se pomerali gore-dole.

Now this happens very fast,

Ovo se dešava jako brzo,

in the blink of an eye,

u deliću sekunde,

so, together with LG, we captured this motion

pa smo zajedno sa LG-em uhvatili ovaj pokret

with a camera that is able

fotoaparatom koji može

to capture more than 3,000 frames per second.

da snimi više od 3000 kadrova po sekundi.

Let me show you what this looks like.

Da vam pokažem kako ovo izgleda.

(Music: "Teardrop" by Massive Attack)

(Muzika: "Teardrop" izvođača Massive Attack)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam mnogo.

I agree, it looks pretty amazing.

Slažem se, izgleda neverovatno.

But I have to tell you a funny story.

Ali moram da vam ispričam jednu smešnu priču.

I got an indoor sunburn doing this

Radeći ovo, dobio sam opekotine u zatvorenom prostoru

while shooting in Los Angeles.

dok sam snimao u Los Anđelesu.

Now in Los Angeles, you could get a decent sunburn

U Los Anđelesu možete dobro izgoreti

just on any of the beaches,

na bilo kojoj plaži,

but I got mine indoors,

ali ja sam izgoreo unutra,

and what happened is that,

a desilo se sledeće:

if you're shooting at 3,000 frames per second,

ako snimate na 3000 kadrova po sekundi,

you need to have a silly amount of light, lots of lights.

morate da imate neverovatnu količinu svetla.

So we had this speaker set up,

Podesili smo ovaj zvučnik

and we had the camera facing it,

i ka njemu okrenuli fotoaparat,

and lots of lights pointing at the speaker,

i dosta svetla je bilo upereno na zvučnik,

and I would set up the speaker,

ja bih zvučnik podesio,

put the tiny little crystals on top of that speaker,

stavio bih na njega sićušne kristale

and we would do this over and over again,

i ovo bismo stalno ponavljali

and it was until midday that I realized

i tek oko podneva sam shvatio

that I had a completely red face

da mi je lice bilo potpuno crveno

because of the lights pointing at the speaker.

zbog svetala uperenih ka zvučniku.

What was so funny about it was that

Ono što je smešno

the speaker was only coming from the right side,

je da je zvučnik bio okrenut samo na desnu stranu

so the right side of my face was completely red

tako da je desna strana mog lica bila potpuno crvena

and I looked like the Phantom of the Opera

i ostatak nedelje sam izgledao

for the rest of the week.

kao Fantom iz opere.

Let me now turn to another project

Hajde da pogledamo drugi projekat

which involves less harmful substances.

sa manje opasnim supstancama.

Has anyone of you heard of ferrofluid?

Da li je neko od vas čuo za feromagnetne tečnosti?

Ah, some of you have. Excellent.

Neki jesu. Odlično.

Should I skip that part?

Da li treba da preskočim taj deo?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Ferrofluid has a very strange behavior.

Feromagnetna tečnost se ponaša veoma čudno.

It's a liquid that is completely black.

To je potpuno crna tečnost.

It's got an oily consistency.

Ima gustinu poput ulja.

And it's got tiny little particles of metal in it,

U sebi ima sitne čestice metala,

which makes it magnetic.

zbog čega je namagnetisana.

So if I now put this liquid into a magnetic field,

Ako ovu tečnost stavim u magnetno polje,

it would change its appearance.

ona će promeniti izgled.

Now I've got a live demonstration over here

Sada ću vam demonstrirati ovo

to show this to you.

uživo.

So I've got a camera pointing down at this plate,

Fotoaparat je uperen na ovu ploču,

and underneath that plate, there is a magnet.

a ispod nje se nalazi magnet.

Now I'm going to add some of that ferrofluid

Sada ću na magnet dodati

to that magnet.

malo te tečnosti.

Let's just slightly move it to the right

Da ga samo malo pomerimo nadesno

and maybe focus it a little bit more. Excellent.

i možda da još malo fokusiramo. Odlično.

So what you can see now is that

Sada možete videti

the ferrofluid has formed spikes.

da je tečnost oformila bodlje.

This is due to the attraction and the repulsion

Ovo se dešava zbog privlačenja i odbijanja

of the individual particles inside the liquid.

pojedinačnih čestica unutar tečnosti.

Now this looks already quite interesting,

Ovo već sada izgleda prilično zanimljivo,

but let me now add some watercolors to it.

ali hajde da dodamo malo vodenih boja u ovo.

Those are just standard watercolors

Ovo su samo obične vodene boje

that you would paint with.

sa kojima biste i slikali.

You wouldn't paint with syringes,

Ne biste slikali špricevima,

but it works just the same.

ali princip je isti.

So what happened now is,

Ono što se desilo je sledeće:

when the watercolor was flowing into the structure,

kada se vodena boja ulila u strukturu,

the watercolors do not mix with the ferrofluid.

boje se nisu pomešale sa feromagnetnom tečnošću.

That's because the ferrofluid itself

To je zbog toga što je sama tečnost

is hydrophobic.

hidrofobna.

That means it doesn't mix with the water.

To znači da se ne meša sa vodom.

And at the same time, it tries to maintain its position

U isto vreme pokušava da održi svoj položaj

above the magnet,

iznad magneta

and therefore, it creates those amazing-looking

i tako stvara te neverovatne

structures of channels and tiny little ponds

strukture kanala i barice

of colorful water paint.

šarenih vodenih boja.

So that was the second project.

To je bio drugi projekat.

Let me now turn to the last project,

Hajde sada da se osvrnemo na poslednji projekat,

which involves

koji uključuje

the national beverage of Scotland.

nacionalno piće Škotske.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

This image, and also this one,

Ova slika, a takođe i ova,

were made using whiskey.

napravljene su pomoću viskija.

Now you might ask yourself,

Možda ćete se zapitati,

how did he do that?

kako je to uradio?

Did he drink half a bottle of whiskey

Da li je popio pola boce viskija

and then draw the hallucination he got

i onda naslikao na papiru

from being drunk onto paper?

svoju pijanu halucinaciju?

I can assure you I was fully conscious

Uveravam vas da sam bio potpuno svestan

while I was taking those pictures.

dok sam fotografisao ovo.

Now, whiskey contains 40 percent of alcohol,

Viski sadrži 40% alkohola,

and alcohol has got some very interesting properties.

a alkohol ima neka veoma zanimljiva svojstva.

Maybe you have experienced

Možda ste već iskusili

some of those properties before,

neka od tih svojstava,

but I am talking about the physical properties,

ali ja pričam o fizičkim svojstvima,

not the other ones.

a ne o onim drugim.

So when I open the bottle, the alcohol molecules

Kada otvorim flašu, molekuli alkohola

would spread in the air,

se šire vazduhom

and that's because alcohol is a very volatile substance.

zato što je alkohol veoma nestalna supstanca.

And at the same time, alcohol is highly flammable.

I u isto vreme, veoma je zapaljiv.

And it was with those two properties

Koristeći ta dva svojstva

that I was able to create the images

mogao sam da stvorim slike

that you're seeing right now.

koje sada gledate.

Let me demonstrate this over here.

Dozvolite da to demonstriram ovde.

And what I have here is an empty glass vessel.

Ovde imam prazan stakleni sud.

It's got nothing in it.

U njemu nema ničega.

And now I'm going to fill it with oxygen

Sada ću ga napuniti kiseonikom

and whiskey.

i viskijem.

Add some more.

I još malo.

Now we just wait for a few seconds

Sada samo čekamo nekoliko sekundi

for the molecules to spread inside the bottle.

da se molekuli rašire unutar flaše.

And now, let's set that on fire.

Hajde da to sada zapalimo.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So that's all that happens.

To je sve što se dešava.

It goes really fast, and it's not that impressive.

Kreće se veoma brzo i nije tako impresivno.

I could do it again to show it one more time,

Mogao bih da to uradim opet da pokažem ovo još jednom,

but some would argue that this is a complete waste

ali neki bi rekli da je to apsolutno traćenje viskija

of the whiskey, and that I should rather drink it.

i da bi bolje bilo da ga popijem.

But let me show you a slow motion

Ali hajde da vam pokažem usporeni snimak

in a completely darkened room

ovoga što sam vam pokazao uživo,

of what I just showed you in this live demonstration.

u potpuno zatamnjenoj prostoriji.

So what happened is that the flame

Desilo se to da je plamen

traveled through the glass vessel from top to bottom,

prošao kroz stakleni sud od vrha nadole,

burning the mix of the air molecules

paleći mešavinu molekula vazduha

and the alcohol.

i alkohola.

So the images that you saw at the beginning,

Slike koje ste videli na početku,

they are actually a flame stopped in time

zapravo su plamen zaustavljen u vremenu

while it is traveling through the bottle,

dok putuje kroz bocu

and you have to imagine

i morate zamisliti

it was flipped around 180 degrees.

da je zaokrenut za 180 stepeni.

So that's how those images were made.

Tako su nastale te slike.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

So, I have now showed you three projects,

Sada sam vam pokazao tri projekta

and you might ask yourself, what is it good for?

i možda ćete se zapitati, čemu služi sve ovo?

What's the idea behind it?

Koja je ideja iza toga?

Is it just a waste of whiskey?

Da li je to samo bacanje viskija?

Is it just some strange materials?

Da li su to samo neki čudni materijali?

Those three projects, they're based on very simple

Ta tri projekta zasnovana su na veoma jednostavnim

scientific phenomena,

naučnim pojavama

such as magnetism, the sound waves,

poput magnetizma, zvučnih talasa,

or over here, the physical properties of a substance,

ili u ovom slučaju fizičkih svojstava supstance,

and what I'm trying to do

i ono što pokušavam da uradim je

is I'm trying to use these phenomena

da iskoristim ove pojave

and show them in a poetic and unseen way,

i da ih prikažem na poetski i do sada neviđen način

and therefore invite the viewer

i tako apelujem na gledaoca

to pause for a moment

da zastane na trenutak

and think about all the beauty

i pomisli na svu lepotu

that is constantly surrounding us.

koja nas stalno okružuje.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam mnogo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)