Artist, Director — Disintegrating Reality to Define It
Artist, Fabian Oefner, was born in 1984 in Switzerland.
Fabian Oefner`s work explores the boundaries between time, space and reality. He creates fictional moments and spaces, that look and feel absolutely real, yet aren't. Through this, Oefner dissects the different components of reality and gives us a clearer understanding of how we perceive and define it.
Collaborating with clients including Ferrari, Bose, Heineken, LG, and Peugeot Design, Oefner creates innovative multi-platform campaigns to enhance product branding.
The lens of Oefner’s vision is art. His Disintegrating Series” is a suite of images of high-performance cars apparently blowing apart. The series explores the relationship of time and reality, ultimately creating a visually rich rendition of a moment that never existed.
Oefner’s ongoing fascination with our perception of time produced the “Black Hole Series” that became the centerpiece of 2015 World Science Festival Gala celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s Birthday and Theory of Relativity. The “Black Hole Series”, like many of Oefner’s projects, began in his Studio with no camera involved. His process; concept, tested by experiment, made tangible by design and photography.
Oefner’s collaboration with Peugeot Design Lab produced the installation “Field of Sound”, a kinetic sculpture using more than 5000 Plexiglas blades, moving to the sound of a piano. “Field of Sound” is the tangible transformation of complex theories into interactive art.
Published internationally in The Washington Post, WIRED, The New Scientist, STERN, The Huffington Post and BBC Online, Oefner’s TED talk received upwards of two million visits.