The_Vegan_Scanning_Printing_Cooking_Project, Opening Performance, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2025

On 25 September, Achim Mohné will once again present his media performance for computers, scanners, printers, cooking utensils and the laid table at the opening of the exhibition ‘Utopia. The Right to Hope’ at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.

Seasonal ingredients with an autumnal connection, such as pumpkin, root vegetables, chestnuts and other plants, will be scanned in high resolution and then prepared by chef Lennart Röbbel into various vegan dishes. Parallel to the culinary preparation, the plant scans will be digitally processed on the computer, printed as contemporary still lifes and presented in the exhibition space as real pigment prints.This allows visitors to enjoy vegan dishes made with seasonal ingredients over a glass of wine while witnessing the creation of the images and their presentation live.
In his project, the artist focuses on the ethical and ecological dimensions of a vegan diet. Since meat consumption contributes significantly to global warming, Achim Mohné deliberately draws attention to the variety of edible plants that grow right on our doorstep and offer a culinary and ethically convincing alternative to meat and fish consumption.

Lennart Röbbel, who specialises in vegan cuisine, will treat visitors to an autumnal minestrone soup, pumpkin seed butter, chestnut pesto, homemade bread, selected organic wines and other delicacies.
A book about the project was published in 2020 by Hatje Cantz Verlag under the title ‘DI_GI_TA_LIS. A Plant Scan Project’.