Last weekend the exhibitions Visual Voltage and Visual Voltage Amplified celebrated a big finissage-party at Felleshuset in Berlin. Before everything was packed up and sent to Beijing, the next stop of Visual Voltage in April 2010, 150 guests followed the invitation of the Swedish Institute, Swedish Embassy and the hosts of the workshop and experienced the energy of the workshop in a public closing session with a presentation of creative results.
39 international participants joined the 1 1/2 workshop session hosted by Christina Öhmann (The Interactive Institute, SE), Johan Redström (The Interactive Institute, SE), Myriel Milicevic (Interactive Design Studios, Berlin) and Professor Reto Wettach (Fachhochschule Potsdam and Interactive Design Studios, Berlin).
Different groups presented 10 inspiring thoughts on how design can turn an invisible activity of energy consumption into a process that can be experienced, and thereby potentially altering awareness and leading to a change in behaviour.
Since the opening of Visual Voltage in the beginning of December 2009 and the finissage on January 23, 2010, more than 12 000 visitors from Berlin and abroad came to experience the Swedish exhibition and its local extention, Visual Voltage Amplified, curated by Dr. Susanne Jaschko, at Felleshuset of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin.
Coming up next: Visual Voltage at the China Science and Technology Center in Beijing, April 8 - May 23, 2010