How do you make light, heat and movement out of water
Energy is produced and is consumed. It obeys the laws of nature. One can say that it is part of these laws – the driving force behind technological progress and the raw material of our economic system. But this does not tell us what energy really is. How do you make light, heat and movement out of water? The flow of energy is as powerful as it is invisible. What we actually see are the results of its constant transformations.
The glistening building is completely covered with copper sheeting. Inside, the copper is unvarnished and will eventually oxidize and change colour during the 159 days of Expo.02. Right at the entrance, we hear the unmistakable sound of a waterfall roaring through the hall. It is artificial of course, but provides a demonstration of the colossal, unbridled energy of water.
Then comes the show, a mixture of dance, music, light – and magic. Energy comes across as the art of combining all things effortlessly, and water becomes the elixir of wonderment. In the third and last part of Magie de l’énergie, we are treated to a most entertaining display of our dependence on energy, with an orchestra of household appliances swinging to the sounds of shavers and toasters. Nature has definitely become art.
Arteplage
Neuchâtel
Visitor capacity per day
9'240
Total visitors
1'575'210
Partner
AlpHydro – the main electricity enterprises of Western Switzerland
Idea, concept, design
Bellprat Associates AG (new: Bellprat Partner AG), Zurich www.bellprat.com
Content, scenography
Bellprat Associates AG (new: Bellprat Partner AG) (Xavier Bellprat, Madeleine Gentinetta, Christoph Gutmann, Richard Haenni, Siegfried Meier, Gertrud Ohling, Karin Vey), Zurich www.bellprat.com
Architecture
Bellprat Associates AG (new: Bellprat Partner AG) (Jim Dudley, Andrea Clark), Zurich www.bellprat.com
Arge Weiss + Schmid Architekten (new: Schmid Architekten) / Lienhard & Uetz, Winterthur www,schmidarch.ch www,lienhard-uetz.ch
Lighting design
Tokyoblue GmbH (Dietmar Borth, Serge Schmuki), Zurich www.tokyoblue.ch
Sound architecture
Scape (Pius Morger), Zurich www.piusmorger.ch
Choreography
Christian Mattis www.mattis.ch
Household Equipment Orchestra
Ruedi Häusermann, Giuseppe Reichmuth, Philipp Läng
Realisation Pavilion
Nüssli (Schweiz) AG (Roger Egolf), Hüttwilen www.nussli,com
Copper cladding
Waga Spenglertechnik AG (Thomas Rütsche), St.Gallen www.waga.ch
Exhibition construction
Glarner Waldvogel (Pascal Glarner, Gallus Waldvogel), Birmensdorf
Electrical engineering
Elektro Rhyner AG (Patrick Rhyner), Glarus www.erag.ch
Installation lighting
Scenetec & Co (cancelled) (Cédric Muller, Laurent Zumofen), Vevey
Sound system installation
M&M Hire AG (Daniel Meyer), Schönenwerd www.mmhire.ch
Planning water technology
Schneider Aquatec SA (Daniel Häfeli, Tom Hofer), Staad
Installation of water technology
Marolf & Aare Haustechnik AG (new: Marolf Haustechnik AG) (Rudolf Hänni, Reto Vonplon), Erlach www.marolfag.ch
Control system
R&P Engineering & Automation (deleted) (Kurt Richener) Oberuzwil
Communication
DBCOM (Agnès Margot), Lausanne
Mixacom (Adeline Beaux), Lausanne
The Creative Factory
Project management
Martin Rohr
Steering committee
Jean-Marc Narbel
Max-François Roth
Georges Duvanel
Gian Rechsteiner
Xavier Bellprat
Martin Rohr
Adeline Beaux
Coaching Expo.02
Armin Heusser (Head)
Michelle Dedelley
Operations and Administration
Les Electriciens Romands
Mixacom
Operations Management
Adeline Beaux (Operations Manager)
Claude Comte (Deputy Manager)
Anne Schlittler Shivani (Deputy Manager)
Sonia Le Grand Hayoz (Deputy Manager)
Gian Rechsteiner (Technical Manager)
Jean-Louis Besson (Technical Assistant)
Guillaume Gex (Technical Assistant)
Julien Haenny (Events Manager)
Magicians
Pamela Battanda, Joy Grandjean, Rico Grandjean, Matthias Kunz, Eliane Künzig, Christoph Lauener, Bartel Meyer, Fabiana Mirra, Jocelin Peix, Katharina Rufener, Monique Schnyder, Rahel Spring, Christina Thomas, Franziska Tschannen, Nicole Urech
Musicians
Suzanne Maka Blon, Barbara Bregy, Christophe Erard, Franziska Freiermuth, Jean-Michel Hallé, André Hessing, Markua Kocher, Patrick Linder, Silvia Linder, Barbara Sandesh Lockart, Patrick Rohner, Christoph Schertenleib, Mabinty Soumah, Anna Lisa Stillhard, Albert Ullmann, Andrea Witschi, Aadhar Zimmermann, Dhanya Zimmermann, Samuel Zimmermann
Guides
Franz Aebi, Sophie Aquilon, Mehdi Atmani, Jacques Aubert, Nadia Aubert, Katia Baechler, Pierre-Dominique Balleys, Véronique Barrelet, Daniel Bassin, Françoise Bazin, Manon Belet, Michel Benoît, Samuel Beutler, Lisa Bergen, Adrienne Bezençon, Pauline Blondel, Pierre Braissant, Udo Bruegger, Suzanne Buffat, Jean-Jacques Bühler, Sarah Burkhardt, Yvan-Pierre Chabloz, Evelyne Colomb, Bernard Cottier, Aurélie Cuénod, Jöel Dafflon, Fernanda Dubuis, Hjean-François Dupont, Sandra Eicher, Roland Emmenegger, Cléa Estruch, André Freymond, Sarah Falcinelli, Bernard Fragnière, Damaris Gerber, Jacqueline Glauser, Luis Gonzales, Urs Graber, Alexandre Haederli, Charles Haeni, Lionel Helfer, Laetitia Henriot, René Herren, Pierre-Daniel Hirschi, Stephanie Isenberg, ALine Jaques, Aurélia Jaquier (Team leader), Christian Jossevel, Claudine Jungo, Yvonne Junod, Stéphanie Karathanassis, Catherine Keller, Marielle Kern, Thierry Kiefer, Sandra Kraehenbühl, Frederik Kreuzer, Elisabeth Lachat, Roland Lachat, Cyril Lafranchi (Team leader), Céline Latour, Patricia Lauper, Iris Leroy, Anne Liebscher, Brigitte Lombardi, Suzanne Longchamp, Mathieu Loth, Simone Macheret, Lucienne Magri-Jaquier, René Maillard, Virginie Martelli, Christelle Martin, Gregory Martin, Jacques Martin, Monika Meatchi, Michel Mermoud, Philippe Meylan, Gérard Meyrat, Lionel Michaud, Sylvain Michoud, Jean-Marc Mora, Valentina Moshek, Patrick Nuevo, Véronique Panchaud, Karine Pidoux, Catherine Pisecky, Bernard Pochon, Michel Pont, Nathalie Pouy, Bernard Quinche, Bruno Raboud, Norbert Racine, Raphaël Rapin, Albano Rappaz, Coralie Rappaz, Sybille Rappaz, Olivier Reymond, Marc Rochat, Samuel Rochat, Kostia Schertenleib, François Schweizer, Laurence Simon, Vincenzo Simonetti, Annick Skrivan, Valérie Skrivan, Marc Spitzli, Eliane Steinegger, Marie-France Tièche, Irène Tournerie, Loris Vadori, Jean-Pierre Vaucher, Lorenza Violi, Michel Vuillemin, Romana Walther, Nathalie Wenger
Photos: Press kit Magie de l'énergie; DVD Generation.02; © Jürg Frei; © Lucas Keel; © Archive Frédérique Mouchet; © Andreas Mosimann © Tom Weilenmann; © Archive Ralph Ammann
