The virtual model of the neighborhood, realized as a video, augmented reality and 3D-printed Sculpture appears distorted, the forms simplified, glitches and disturbances create alienation, caused by the algorithms as well as the artistic intervention in the software. The juxtaposition of the real place with its virtual counterpart reveals an ambivalent relationship between the recorded space and its image.

The virtual model of the neighborhood, realized as a video and a augmented reality appears distorted, the forms simplified, glitches and disturbances create alienation, caused by the algorithms as well as the artistic intervention in the software. The juxtaposition of the real place with its virtual counterpart reveals an ambivalent relationship between the recorded space and its image.

With Inside / Outside, PRISKA PASQUER PARIS is celebrating its first six months in the historic Marais district of Paris.
Artists: Aljoscha, Banz & Bowinkel, Jane Benson, Ornella Fieres, Fabian Herkenhoener, Pieter Hugo, Daniel Mebarek, Radenko Milak, Achim Mohné, Johanna Reich, François Ronsiaux, Albrecht Schäfer, Charlie Stein, Genaro Strobel, Fiona Valentine Thomann, Charlotte Triebus.

Text: Gallery (Dr. Wiebke Hahn)

For his third solo exhibition at Galerie Judith Andreae, media artist Achim Mohné transforms the gallery's real as well as virtual space into a physically experienceable 3D artwork. Since 2018, Mohné has been working with three-dimensional models of urban structures based on data from virtual globes such as Google Earth.

The exhibition Expect the Unexpected – Current Concepts of Photography discusses the new visual worlds which are product of the digital transformation and how current technological developments affect artistic photography.

This work in progress consists of 3 parts: A 3D ceramic Google Earth Data print, a video of a virtual drone flight around the location and a QR Code/ Link that enables to meet and walk around the venue in virtual reality. 3D-GOOGLE-EARTH-MODEL # 17 / ZKM Karlsruhe 2022, will be the first ceramic 3D Print of the Series.

This work was created especially for this exhibition and is location-specific: it shows a 3D-printed model of the urban environment of „Galerie „Geste“ Paris. The video is based on a unique digital process in which Mohné, instead of photographing the real space, takes pictures directly in the Google Earth App, using virtual „camera drones”.

The virtual representation of a tree, as it appears on Google Earth in 3D mode, gives the sculpture its form. The artificial tree has been transposed from virtuality back into the real world, on a scale of 1:1. Thus the real tree and its digital counterpart made of polished steel face each other. The sculpture reflects its natural environment, the island of Grafenwerth. While the "real" tree changes with the seasons and grows larger, the sculpture remains unchanged.

Biennale de l´Image Tangible, L'Atelier Basfroid, Paris. Mohné‘s work deals with the relationship of a real place to its virtual representations; its avatars, both of which are brought together in the final work - the video and the 3D-printed architectural model. Mohné‘s reference to the existing place gives the work a digital-referential, representational,“photographic“ aspect, which is addressed not least by the numerous glitches that appear in the transformation of real space through images taken from Google App and by the photogrammetric application, against a media background.

Another exploration of "forbidden, political spaces" generated by photogrammetry based on data from Google Earth. Let's meet in the open pit coal mine, the largest hole in Europe, in front of the biggest machine in the world that feeds Germany's dirtiest power plant. Choose your avatar and join us.