Artists in Motion at Schafhof: Play and Chance as a European Art Experience
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Artists in Motion: Play and Chance – European Contemporary Art at Schafhof Freising
When chance becomes an artistic impulse, art opens up as a lively space for thought and experience. The exhibition Artists in Motion: Play and Chance presents works by artists from Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, and Scotland at Schafhof – European Art Forum Upper Bavaria. The art experience connects European collaboration with a multifaceted exploration of openness, movement, perception, and creative unpredictability.
Play and Chance as Artistic Method
The annual theme examines chance not as a mere disturbance, but as a deliberately employed design tool. Painting, printmaking, photography, video, sculpture, sound works, interactive installations, and conceptual art open different approaches to a motif that has accompanied art history since modernity. Random processes can alter compositions, break up habitual ways of seeing, and produce new forms of aesthetic experience.
A European Dialogue in Images and Spaces
Artists in Motion, abbreviated as AiM, promotes a trans-European space for the interdisciplinary collaboration of artists. The exhibition brings together positions from five European countries and makes cultural diversity immediately visible. In the curation, different media, materials, and working methods encounter each other. This creates a polyphonic exhibition dialogue that stimulates questions about identity, community, freedom, and social responsibility.
Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Installation
The exhibited works range from color-intensive painting and precise printmaking to photographic observations, moving images, sculptures, and conceptual works. Depending on the medium, the spatial effect changes: flat image compositions guide the gaze, plastic forms physically enter the space, and audiovisual or interactive elements expand the exploration of the works with time, sound, and movement. Thus, an exhibition atmosphere is created that invites slow viewing and comparative perception.
Art Historical Context and Cultural Education
The play with chance, rule, repetition, and improvisation connects the exhibition with important developments in modern and contemporary art. From aleatoric procedures to conceptual strategies to interactive media art, the question is discussed of how much an artwork is determined by planning and how much by open processes. The exhibition is suitable for an in-depth engagement with art direction, materiality, authorship, and the relationship between artist, work, and audience.
A Special Place for Contemporary Art
Schafhof – European Art Forum Upper Bavaria offers a concentrated framework for international contemporary art with its gallery spaces and historical ambiance. The exhibition is on view from September 19 to November 29, 2026. On the event day, September 24, 2026, opening hours are from 2 PM to 7 PM. Admission to the exhibition and accompanying programs is free. The exhibition spaces and café are accessible without steps.
Conclusion: Chance as an Invitation to Independent Thinking
Artists in Motion: Play and Chance welcomes visitors with an open, interdisciplinary, and European-oriented exhibition. The combination of painting, photography, graphics, sculpture, sound, and installation makes visible how productive uncertainty can be in art. Those who want to experience contemporary art not just by looking at it but as a sensual and intellectual experience will find in Schafhof an inspiring place. A visit is particularly worthwhile in person, as the spatial effect, materiality, and exhibition atmosphere become fully tangible only in direct engagement with the works.
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