The edition opens up August Mond's visual language without diminishing it. These are posters in their own right — concentrated and narrative, made to carry a room rather than merely decorate it. Each motif is drawn from the work series and keeps its stillness: images that invite attention rather than demand it. For people and spaces that prefer atmosphere over decoration.
A Jobot gazes at the moon in a futuristic city. And doesn’t the moon gaze back? A wordless confrontation. Perhaps inevitable, but certainly fateful.
An Italian piazza. And a man who might be asking for a woman’s hand in marriage for a second time. Love asks for forgiveness, and love always leaves the door ajar.
The state comes after the anarchists — even if they defy all the laws of nature and steal cars from the moon. An image in which the power and reach of the state clash with the fragility of one’s own home.
A harlequin-like figure makes a school class laugh. It’s a breath of fresh air, a break from the rigid daily routine that even children experience. Happiness is no accident; it is almost always a gift.
A man sitting alone on a park bench. A sombre scene. The world keeps turning, yet here sits someone who no longer feels they belong. The margins of society are not a place; they are a phase that will pass.
A strange man in a costume is wrestling with an elephant over a piece of sugarcane. The strange thing is, he seems to be a match for the elephant. It’s an image that inspires us to dare to do the seemingly impossible, even across divides.
A robot and a girl in a park in autumn. The world outside is left behind. They have each other, and for now, that’s enough. Happiness that comes from needing nothing more.
Human Intelligence: August Mond creates all of his paintings and stories himself, without AI. The creative processes behind his paintings are documented through numerous preliminary stages. His primary tools are a fountain pen, a sketchbook, Wacom tablets, and Affinity Photo Version 2. This distinction is not meant to be a judgment on the use of AI in art! It is simply how August Mond works.
Artificial Intelligence: August Mond uses AI for in-situ images, marketing, experiments, and all sorts of tasks around his actual artistic work.