Space plays an important role for observation and visual thinking. If we enter a museum we know that it is a space with a high reputation. As a result, the way we look at our experience changes from the beginning.

In a research project, a group of participants looked at computer generated abstract artworks. In the test setting, one group was told that some of theses works are exhibited at famous museums. The second group got the information that what they were looking at were simply computer-generated images. Measuring the brain activities while the participants looked at the pictures, a significant difference was observed. The brain activity was much higher in the Orbitofrontal Cortex, the region which is explored as the centre for aesthetic and beauty, in the group which thought they were looking at important artworks.

If we take this research into account, we see how important it is to create a setting, a space, which stimulates visual thinking and the self-reflection process. In education, we need to think about this correlation more in depth. For instance could a space with a collection of images, objects and artworks visually inspire the way, and how we think about a particular topic, which could in turn, lead to personal transformation?

Two years ago, Hamburger Bahnhof, the contemporary museum for art in Berlin, showed an exhibition called "Das Kapital - The Capital". The exhibition was not so much about celebrating the single artworks, it was about creating a multiple visual setting which stimulated the question: what is capitalism and its specification? The exhibition turned out to be an education field, stimulating the way how we think about the topic through visual inspirations. Could the practices of education be changed towards visual learning or visual scenario space, in which dialogue about how we attribute value to a specific situation becomes the most important part?