so I'm going to start my talk

因此我的演講

by stop talking and show you a few images

將以緘默和幾張最近捕捉的影像作為開頭

that I recently captured.

將以緘默和幾張最近捕捉的影像作為開頭

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

截至目前為止我的演講已多達六千字

and I feel like I should stop here.

因此我認為這次演講就到此為止

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

At the same time, I probably owe you

但我猜想我還虧欠你們

some explanation

有關這些影像的一些說明

about the images that you just saw.

身為一名攝影師、

What I am trying to do as a photographer,

同時也是一位藝術家，我致力於

as an artist, is to bring the world

將藝術和科學的世界結合在一起

of art and science together.

無論是肥皂泡沫

Whether it is an image of a soap bubble

在破裂瞬間所捕捉到的畫面

captured at the very moment where it's bursting,

如同你們所見的這張

as you can see in this image,

無論是油漆的微小粒子組成的世界

whether it's a universe made of tiny little beads

無論是油漆的微小粒子組成的世界

of oil paint,

以非常奇特方式呈現的特殊液體

strange liquids that behave in very peculiar ways,

或者油漆因離心力所產生的圖案

or paint that is modeled by centrifugal forces,

我不斷嘗試將這兩個領域做結合

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

我發現，兩者引人入勝之處

What I find very intriguing about those two

在於一個共同點：

is that they both look at the same thing:

都是對於周遭環境的回應

They are a response to their surroundings.

但卻是以截然不同的方式

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

單就科學而論

If you look at science on one hand,

科學以一種十分理性的角度

science is a very rational approach

回應周遭的環境

to its surroundings,

而另一方面呢

whereas art on the other hand

藝術則常以感性作為切入

is usually an emotional approach to its surroundings.

我正在做的是

What I am trying to do is I'm trying

試者把兩者的觀點合而為一

to bring those two views into one

因此，我拍攝的影像不僅與觀眾感性對談

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

也進行理性討論

but also to the viewer's brain.

我將以三個實驗來向各位說明

Let me demonstrate this based on three projects.

第一是聲音的形象化

The first one has to do with making sound visible.

眾所皆知的是

Now as you may know,

聲音以聲波形式傳遞

sound travels in waves,

假設有一台揚聲器

so if you have a speaker,

其實揚聲器只用來接收音頻訊號

a speaker actually does nothing else

將其轉換為振頻

than taking the audio signal,

並藉由空氣的傳播

transform it into a vibration,

由我們的耳朵所感知

which is then transported through the air,

然後再次轉換成音頻訊號

is captured by our ear,

因此我不斷思索

and transformed into an audio signal again.

如何將聲波形象化呢？

Now I was thinking,

我想到以下的裝置

how can I make those sound waves visible?

我找了一個揚聲器

So I came up with the following setup.

在上面鋪上一層塑膠薄片

I took a speaker, I placed a thin foil

並放了小小的水晶

of plastic on top of that speaker,

在揚聲器上

and then I added tiny little crystals

這樣一來，使用揚聲器播放聲音時

on top of that speaker.

上面的水晶會上下跳動

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

這一切都在轉瞬間發生

it would cause the crystals to move up and down.

以迅雷不及掩耳的速度進行

Now this happens very fast,

我們藉助一部 LG 的攝影機

in the blink of an eye,

以每秒捕捉三千張圖像以上的速度

so, together with LG, we captured this motion

拍下了一切

with a camera that is able

以下是我們所捕捉到的圖像

to capture more than 3,000 frames per second.

（音樂：強烈衝擊合唱團的《淚珠》）

Let me show you what this looks like.

（掌聲）

(Music: "Teardrop" by Massive Attack)

非常感謝

(Applause)

我也覺得那令人嘆為觀止

Thank you very much.

但我要告訴你們一個有趣的事

I agree, it looks pretty amazing.

在洛杉磯拍攝時

But I have to tell you a funny story.

我居然在室內曬傷了

I got an indoor sunburn doing this

這個季節，到洛杉磯任一海灘

while shooting in Los Angeles.

都可以曬出一身美麗的古銅色

Now in Los Angeles, you could get a decent sunburn

但我卻是在室內

just on any of the beaches,

而原因是

but I got mine indoors,

若你想以每秒三千個畫面去拍攝

and what happened is that,

所需光量將非常可觀、無比大量的光

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

我們把揚聲器準備好

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

攝影機朝它拍攝

So we had this speaker set up,

並投以大量的光線

and we had the camera facing it,

一切準備就緒之後

and lots of lights pointing at the speaker,

再將水晶珠子放在揚聲器上

and I would set up the speaker,

不斷重複這樣的步驟

put the tiny little crystals on top of that speaker,

直到中午我才發現

and we would do this over and over again,

我的臉被揚聲器上投射的強光

and it was until midday that I realized

曬得像關二哥一樣

that I had a completely red face

有趣的是

because of the lights pointing at the speaker.

揚聲器架設在我的右邊

What was so funny about it was that

所以只有右半邊的臉被曬紅

the speaker was only coming from the right side,

後來的幾天

so the right side of my face was completely red

我看起來就像歌劇魅影裡的魅影

and I looked like the Phantom of the Opera

我的第二個構想

for the rest of the week.

涉及了一些低強度的有害物質

Let me now turn to another project

在座有人聽過鐵磁流體嗎?

which involves less harmful substances.

有人聽過，太棒了！

Has anyone of you heard of ferrofluid?

我要省略那個部份嗎？

Ah, some of you have. Excellent.

（笑聲）

Should I skip that part?

鐵磁流體的特性非常奇妙

(Laughter)

它是一種極黑的液體

Ferrofluid has a very strange behavior.

濃稠度和油相似

It's a liquid that is completely black.

含有微小的金屬微粒

It's got an oily consistency.

金屬微粒使它具有磁性

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

若是將液體注入磁場中

which makes it magnetic.

外觀就會改變

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

我準備現場示範讓各位更加清楚

it would change its appearance.

這台攝影機朝著下方薄板拍攝

Now I've got a live demonstration over here

薄板下面，有一塊磁鐵

to show this to you.

現在我要在磁鐵上方

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

注入一些鐵磁流體

and underneath that plate, there is a magnet.

然後稍微地向右移

Now I'm going to add some of that ferrofluid

調整一下焦距，很好！

to that magnet.

現在可以發現

Let's just slightly move it to the right

鐵磁流體形成尖刺狀

and maybe focus it a little bit more. Excellent.

成因是鐵磁流體內

So what you can see now is that

金屬微粒相吸與相斥的作用

the ferrofluid has formed spikes.

這已經相當有趣

This is due to the attraction and the repulsion

我現在要加點水彩進去

of the individual particles inside the liquid.

就只是一般的水彩

Now this looks already quite interesting,

平常用來畫畫那種

but let me now add some watercolors to it.

你可能不會用針筒來畫

Those are just standard watercolors

但原理是一樣的

that you would paint with.

你看到的是

You wouldn't paint with syringes,

當水彩流進這個結構裡

but it works just the same.

水彩不會和鐵磁流體相融合

So what happened now is,

因為鐵磁流體本身具有疏水性

when the watercolor was flowing into the structure,

也就是不和水融合

the watercolors do not mix with the ferrofluid.

同時它也盡量在磁鐵上方

That's because the ferrofluid itself

保持原來的位置

is hydrophobic.

因而產生了

That means it doesn't mix with the water.

令人驚豔的

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

水彩運河和迷你池塘

above the magnet,

這是我第二個構想

and therefore, it creates those amazing-looking

而最後一個實驗

structures of channels and tiny little ponds

會用到

of colorful water paint.

蘇格蘭的國民飲料

So that was the second project.

（笑聲）

Let me now turn to the last project,

這個影像，還有這個

which involves

都是威士忌的貢獻

the national beverage of Scotland.

你心想︰

(Laughter)

他怎麼辦到的？

This image, and also this one,

他是乾掉半瓶的威士忌後

were made using whiskey.

然後把酒醉的幻覺

Now you might ask yourself,

畫在紙上嗎？

how did he do that?

我保證在拍這些照片時

Did he drink half a bottle of whiskey

是完全清醒的

and then draw the hallucination he got

威士忌含有 40％ 的酒精

from being drunk onto paper?

而酒精有些非常有趣的特性

I can assure you I was fully conscious

也許你曾經體驗過

while I was taking those pictures.

其中一些特性

Now, whiskey contains 40 percent of alcohol,

但我說的物理特性

and alcohol has got some very interesting properties.

跟你們想的可不太一樣

Maybe you have experienced

當我打開酒瓶後

some of those properties before,

酒精分子會瀰漫在空氣中

but I am talking about the physical properties,

因為酒精是易揮發的物質

not the other ones.

同時也相當易燃

So when I open the bottle, the alcohol molecules

歸功於這兩個特性

would spread in the air,

我才有辦法創作出

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

你們眼前所見的這些影像

And at the same time, alcohol is highly flammable.

讓我做個現場示範

And it was with those two properties

這是一個空的玻璃容器

that I was able to create the images

裡面什麼都沒有

that you're seeing right now.

我要在裡面填充氧氣

Let me demonstrate this over here.

和威士忌

And what I have here is an empty glass vessel.

再多加一點

It's got nothing in it.

只要等個幾秒鐘

And now I'm going to fill it with oxygen

讓分子散佈在瓶子內

and whiskey.

然後一把火燒了它

Add some more.

（笑聲）

Now we just wait for a few seconds

就是這樣

for the molecules to spread inside the bottle.

反應的速度真的很快，感覺沒什麼了不起的

And now, let's set that on fire.

我可以重做一遍

(Laughter)

有些人可能會抗議

So that's all that happens.

這簡直就是浪費威士忌，我寧願把它喝掉

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

但請看看慢動作版

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

這是在沒有光線的暗房裡拍攝的

but some would argue that this is a complete waste

如同我剛才在現場示範的一樣

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

火焰

But let me show you a slow motion

從玻璃瓶口到瓶底

in a completely darkened room

燃燒了空氣分子和酒精的混和物

of what I just showed you in this live demonstration.

燃燒了空氣分子和酒精的混和物

So what happened is that the flame

所以你們一開始所看到的影像

traveled through the glass vessel from top to bottom,

其實就是火焰在瓶子裡

burning the mix of the air molecules

燃燒時定格的畫面

and the alcohol.

試著想像

So the images that you saw at the beginning,

將影像翻轉180度後

they are actually a flame stopped in time

就是我所呈現出來的圖片

while it is traveling through the bottle,

（掌聲）

and you have to imagine

謝謝

it was flipped around 180 degrees.

我展示了以上三個實驗

So that's how those images were made.

你或許會納悶：這有什麼了不起的？

(Applause)

你究竟想表達些什麼？

Thank you.

學會怎麼浪費威士忌？

So, I have now showed you three projects,

不過是些奇特的材質？

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

以上三個實驗基於非常簡單的

What's the idea behind it?

科學現象

Is it just a waste of whiskey?

例如：磁力、聲波、

Is it just some strange materials?

或是物質的物理特性

Those three projects, they're based on very simple

而我希望呈現的

scientific phenomena,

是利用這些科學現象

such as magnetism, the sound waves,

並以具詩意的、前所未見的方式

or over here, the physical properties of a substance,

藉此邀請觀賞者

and what I'm trying to do

暫停片刻

is I'm trying to use these phenomena

思索一下

and show them in a poetic and unseen way,

這些生活週遭的美麗事物

and therefore invite the viewer

非常感謝

to pause for a moment

（掌聲）

and think about all the beauty

that is constantly surrounding us.

Thank you very much.

(Applause)