Visual Voltage Amplified was opened with a colorful program on January 7th and is now accompanying the Swedish “mother exhibition” Visual Voltage until January 24th 2010. Despite of the winterly weather conditions outside, more than 200 interested visitors found their way to Felleshuset of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin.
The exhibition Visual Voltage deals with the mayor subject “energy“ from the perspective of Swedish designers and artists. Both climate change and pending decisions on the European energy politics motivate also artists and designers from Germany to respond to this subject with their work. These responses are now presented in the exhibition Visual Voltage Amplified.
Organised by Berlin-based curator Dr. Susanne Jaschko Visual Voltage Amplified shows concepts and documentations of projects which critically reflect on energy consumption or which offer new perspectives on subjects such as energy production or use. The selected projects already exist or are still in progress.
Visual Voltage Amplified presents an inspiring, thought provoking and extraordinary cross-over of projects between design and art. These two neighboured but nonetheless separate disciplines generate the gravity field at which the various perspectives and practices meet and correspond with each other.
During the opening night five designers and artists presented their projects and ideas in an entertaining Pecha Kucha session.
The evening closed with an audio-visual performance by Swedish artist Nils Edvardsson.
