VIKUS project can currently be seen in the exhibition “Currents and Traces”, Berlin November 5th – 11th, 2015

VIKUS – Visualization of cultural collections is a project of the Urban Complexity Lab at the Postdam University of Applied dam . The project idea is based on digitally recorded cultural collections from preservation institutions and aims to further think about the visualization and accessibility of these holdings. So far there has been little in the field of visualization technology for cultural collections - however, the first prototypes show that this can open up completely new perspectives on the collection holdings. As part of the project, researchers from the fields of information visualization, interface design and cultural studies closely with cultural collections, cultural partners and media database developers.

As part of the VIKUS project, a collection of drawings by Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (1795-1861) is used. The king's drawings are part of the graphic collection of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg Foundation , which are available digitally in the SPSG database easydb . The visualization reveals thematic and historical connections within the drawings. They are available in high resolution and exploratory form.

The VIKUS project, among other projects, can currently be seen Streams and Traces · Maps of the Ephemeral City Visualizations of various aspects of urban mobility are shown. The projects were developed in the Urban Complexity Lab at the dam University of Applied Sciences with the aim of creating a portrait of a city characterized by fleeting dynamics.