Spielfeld

Red Baron was invited to the vernissage of an exhibition at Freiburg's Museum für Neue Kunst titled Spielfeld.

The Spielfeld shown on the poster at the entrance to "Sport and Art" is clearly a playing field where the Germans celebrate their Fußball. The British call the sacred lawn a pitch on which they play football, a ball game that the Americans name soccer.

Sports are a mass phenomenon that connects people and fosters community. The exhibition "Spielfeld" explores sports from an artistic perspective. In their works, international artists examine the social, cultural, and societal dimensions of sports.

Table tennis with obstacles (©MNK)

The museum becomes the playing field where visitors are not condemned to spectators on the sidelines but are invited to be players.

Playing chess only with white pieces

What happens when you change the rules or rethink them entirely? 

Pommelling the horse underwater (©MNK)

... when you alter the function and form of sports equipment?

Let us overcome barriers and restrictions on active participation. This is also the idea of an accompanying external program.

Throughout its duration, the exhibition is accompanied by events such as family programs, special tours, workshops, and introductory classes on capoeira, Tabata, Pilates, aerobics, yoga, line dancing, fitness boxing, balance and coordination, full-body workouts, and Nordic walking.

Red Baron is particularly interested in the panel discussion “Theology and Art,” where theologian Detlef Lienau and MNK Director Christine Litz will discuss rules and their reinterpretation, sports without a focus on performance, and barriers and how to overcome them.

Stay tuned.

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