mawa illuminated more than 10,000 square meters of exhibition space in the new Center for Culture and Science in the heart of Berlin. Opened in July 2021, the 800 year chronology of the Humboldt Forum – from a medieval Dominican monastery, to the Berlin Palace, to the GDR Palace of the Republic, up to the recent large construction site – is portrayed in numerous permanent exhibits. Also on show is the Berlin Exhibit, with a focus on the international history of the city, the Ethnological Museum, covering the cultures of Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania, and the Asian Art Museum.
With more than 3000 track-mounted spotlights from the seventies series, mawa individually staged numerous showcases and exhibits, such as those of the Polynesian gods.
The combination of modern LED technology, the large variety of accessories, and ease of portability offers an economical, highly flexible, and timeless lighting solution – especially for temporary exhibition programs such as the ivory exhibit „Terrible Beauty.“ Until the end of November 2021, it illuminated the polarising theme between aesthetic and barbarism in a polyphonic and multi-dimensional way.
As a result of the high performance capability of the museum spotlights, even the highest rooms are able to be efficiently and effectively illuminated. This can be experienced first hand in the more than ten meter high space of the „Have a Seat!“ exhibit, among others. The exhibit invites the youngest visitors to the Humboldt Forum to playfully experience and think about the theme of sitting in the context of society and culture.
