Exhibitions
Throughout the year, exhibitions at the Schafhof present international and local positions in contemporary art. The spectrum includes all forms of visual arts, such as painting, video art, sculpture, photography, drawing, conceptual art, and installation. Group exhibitions with international and German artists, solo exhibitions with renowned artists and presentations of works by younger or regionally based artists take place in alternation. Applications are welcome.
Annual themes serve as common threads throughout the exhibition program, and facilitate an engagement with the exhibited works through a range of perspectives. A thematic emphasis also fosters a better understanding of art and a more enjoyable viewing experience. Certain themes emphasize formal aspects (for example, Color in 2013, Structure in 2015, and Sound in 2017), while others focus on specific concepts (for example Illusion in 2014, Identity in 2016, and Art and Science in 2019).
The Schafhof features a gallery on the ground floor and a large exhibition hall on the first floor, with a total exhibition space encompassing almost 450 square meters. The barrel vault ceiling and its unusual shape offer an atmosphere unique to the region and beyond.
Current and upcoming exhibitions
Steven Tevels: Solanum Tuberosum Sound Synthesis
Date :
26.08.2017 until 15.10.2017
Dates
26 August ‒ 15 October 2017: Exhibition in the ground floor
in the framework of the topic of the year: Sound
opening hours: Tu ‒ Sa 2‒7 pm, Su + holidays 10 am‒7 pm
The exhibition spaces and the café are accessible to the disabled.
Shuttle bus from Freising Station to the House of Art: 6.30-7 pm; return: 8.50 pm
The exhibition opening takes place together with Cod.Act: Cycloïd-E in the vault in the 1st floor.
- Greeting: Josef Mederer, president of the District County of Upper Bavaria
- Introduction: Eike Berg, director of the European House of Art,in dialogue with the exhibiting artists
5 September, Tuesday 5 pm: meetingpoint+art
Guided tour with Alexandra M. Hoffmann
24 September, Sunday 3 pm: KUNST#TAG 053 Science
Do you understand music? About decoding of acoustic events,
presentation by Prof. Moritz Eggert, Munich
View in the exhibiton
About the exhibition
Solanum Tuberosum Sound Synthesis by the Belgian artist Steven Tevels is a series of sound art installations composed of a chain of oscillators ‒ or sound sources ‒ running through filters ‒ or potatoes ‒ which signals are then sent to an amplifier for gain staging. The main idea behind Sound Synthesis resides in the fact that all conceivable sounds can be produced by electronic oscillators. In other words, it is the art of creating sound in an artificial way. The artist creates his personal experimental ‒ and playful ‒ environment in which he can manipulate electrical signals and then turn them into sound waves by means of speakers.
