Schattenbilder & Technoimagination, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, 2026

This solo exhibition focuses on Achim Mohné's cameraless photographic practice. Spanning works from the 1990s to recent image compositions created through scanner-based performances, the exhibition traces the evolution of an artistic practice that challenges conventional notions of photography. Many of the works on display, including photocopies and photograms, are being exhibited for the first time. While they resemble photographic images, they explore how electronic and digital data can be translated into visual form. The exhibition's title ‘Technoimagination’ draws on a concept developed by the media philosopher Vilém Flusser (1920 to 1991), whose ideas have profoundly influenced several of the artist's bodies of work.

A second strand of the exhibition presents a new interpretation of the fairy tale ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ (The Wolf of the Königsforst and the Girl). Generated with artificial intelligence and combined with collaged film stills, the project takes the form of both an analogue and a virtual installation, extending across the gallery's indoor and outdoor spaces.