ARTS 6. Psychedelic science
Fabian Oefner, 2013, 12.05
Link
http://www.ted.com/talks/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science.html
About Fabian Oefner
Fabian Oefner is an artist and photographer whose mission in life is to blend the
disciplines of art the science. His subjects are therefore more scientific than artistic,
such as sound waves, magnetic forces, and iridescence, but the end results are
aesthetically amazing.
Why is this talk worth watching?
Anything that blends the arts and science is interesting, and Oefner’s talk is no
exception. His ideas on the ways of knowing behind the two disciplines are worth
thinking about.
WOKs/AOKs
THE ARTS, natural sciences, emotion
Questions on the talk
1
What is the critical difference
between art and science for
FO, and what is his ambition?
1.45
2
What are your feelings when
you see FO’s experiment into
sound waves?
3.25
3
How does the explanation of
the other two pieces of ‘art’
surprise our expectations?
5.15
4
What is the idea behind these
three projects?
11.15
Related knowledge questions and discussion points
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Can aesthetic considerations encourage us to explore science?
Is the natural world inherently beautiful, or do we put the beauty there?
Where do the arts and the natural sciences overlap?