When is the exhibition MAOTIK: Random Blooms open?

The exhibition is on display until November 29, 2026. In November, the Schafhof is open from Wednesday to Saturday between 2 PM and 6 PM as well as on Sundays and holidays from 10 AM to 6 PM.

What is the admission fee for the exhibition?

Admission to the exhibition and the accompanying programs is free.

What can visitors expect at Bloom?

The interactive installation responds using Lidar technology to movements and gestures. This creates digital blooms and a changing sound composition.

Is Schafhof wheelchair accessible?

Yes, the exhibition rooms and the café are accessible without steps.

Where does the exhibition take place?

MAOTIK: Random Blooms takes place at Schafhof – European Art Forum Upper Bavaria, Am Schafhof 1, 85354 Freising.

MAOTIK's Random Blooms: When movement, light, and sound create art together

Name: MAOTIK: Random Blooms
Start: 2026-11-12T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-29T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Schafhof – Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern

When movement brings digital blooms to sound

In the historic barrel-vaulted cellar of the Schafhof – European Art Forum Upper Bavaria – MAOTIK unfolds an interactive installation with Bloom at the intersection of art, science, and technology. The exhibition Random Blooms invites attendees to not only view contemporary media art but to bring it forth through their own presence.

A real-time artwork observation

The installation responds with Lidar technology to the movements and gestures of the audience. From hand movements and body impulses, luminous digital blooms, abstract shapes, and a sound composition are created, continuously changing. Each interaction produces a new constellation of light, color, form, and sound.

Generative art between nature and technology

Behind the artist name MAOTIK is Mathieu Le Sourd, a French digital artist whose practice combines immersive environments, interactive installations, and audiovisual performances. In Bloom, he translates the idea of organic growth into a parametric image and sound architecture. Chance appears not as a disruption but as a creative principle.

An immersive exhibition atmosphere

In the barrel vault, projection, movement, and sound merge into a sensually experienceable spatial effect. The boundaries between the artwork, viewers, and exhibition space become permeable. The art experience raises questions about perception, authorship, human-machine interaction, and the role of algorithms in the creative process.

Cultural education through interaction

Random Blooms conveys contemporary media art in an immediate way. The exhibition makes visible how sensor technology, programming, and artistic composition interact. Each observation of the artwork remains unique because no gesture returns exactly and no digital bloom appears in the same form twice.

Conclusion: An exhibition that exists only through the audience

MAOTIK: Random Blooms promises an extraordinary art experience for everyone who wishes to experience light, sound, movement, and generative design live. Those seeking the aesthetic experience of interactive art should definitely visit the Schafhof in Freising and bring Bloom to life with their own movements.