Here are some mind-boggling GIFs from Erik Söderberg to transfix you

Date
27 November 2014

There’s something delightfully scientific about Erik Söderberg’s GIFs, however firmly I remind yourself that they’re composed of thousands of pixels. The repetitive way they pulsate and fizz quietly on the screen takes me right back to double Biology on a Thursday morning, watching in shellshocked fascination as tiny living cells mutate on a tiny strip of glass under a microscope, and grandly imagining myself to be the second coming of Louis Pasteur.

They’re nothing of the sort, of course, but there’s a certain draw to the notion of an image created solely for the purpose of aesthetic pleasure, too. In fact, Erik is a multi-disciplinary artist working across graphics and 3D design. “In early 2011 I was exploring the relations of geometry, nature and the human being in a series of 25 pictures that I called Fractal Experience,” he explains. “This is part two – continuing the exploration of geometric shapes, patterns, and fractals with an added element – space-time.” The technical know how required to created moving digital imagery to this advanced level deserves recognition, and we’re more than happy to give it to him.

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Erik Söderberg: Fractal Experience

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Erik Söderberg: GIFs

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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