A fascinating trip through the time tunnel

There is nothing more secretive in our universe than time. We can't see it, smell it or touch it - yet it is there all the same. What, then, is time? - A special exhibition with 40 interactive exhibits has dedicated itself to this exciting question at Science Center Experimenta Heilbronn through 29 April 2012.

This exhibition into the fourth dimension should, of course, not only be sensational and mysterious thanks to its content, but through its appearance as well. hms easy stretch was hired to design this special exhibition over 600 square metres by the agency Impuls-Design. The specialist for decorative indoor and outdoor spatial design created the appropriate futuristic atmosphere with a side wall covering made from DecoLight. Visitors received a fixed orientation during their travel through time thanks to various printed banners made of DecoLight, stretch material and voile which were printed with the respective space names, overview plans and information regarding the individual time periods. The stretched materials provided a mysterious impression thanks to appropriate cool lighting in blue and violet tones.

The absolute highlight of the exhibition, however, is a 23-metre-long tunnel on the second floor. This complete free standing special structure was made out of bent keder cord. Anyone entering the tunnel has the fascinating feeling of being beamed through the centuries as if in a time machine. A so-called running light effect ensures this. It is created by LED bands that the company Sein & Schein integrated within a groove in each of the 23 tunnel sheets. The universe and time are infinite - in order to optically extend the tunnel, hms easy stretch placed a free standing projection banner at the ends and stretched opaque stretch material over them. A film of the tunnel is presented on one side of the project banner and on the other instructional films provide even more information about time.