Atmosphere ≠ Totality

2023-2024
Diorama

The dioramas show meteorites and volcanic stones that Schulzek bought and collected herself. They are set in stainless steel and acryl glass plates. For Schulzek, meteorites and volcanic rocks represent entropic material that existed before human history and will exist after it. Entropy describes the process that every material in the universe decays. Schulzek believes that human beings cannot resign themselves to crumbling to dust like all the other material in the universe. Instead, human beings want to subordinate material and place themselves above it. The alternative, acknowledging that they are a part of it, is profoundly humbling.

 

 
Terrestrial stone (8°14’35.0″S 115°22’58.1″E)
2024
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Installation view, 2024
Tick Tack, BEL – Storage Space, the collection of the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerp

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°57.5’N 21°41.0’E)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel
23,5 x 19 x 8,5cm

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°39’25.3″S 61°38’48.0″W)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 11 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (37°35’35.5″N 112°10’39.7“W)
2024
Limestone, stainless steel, acryl glass
39,5 x 32 x 14 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (63°51’50“N 22°17’11“W)
2024
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Meteorite (27°48‘23.8“N 5°39‘03.5“W; Fall: unknown)
2023
Meteorite, stainless steel
32 x 39,5 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (15°58’15“N 102°36’31“E)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 10,5 cm

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°39’13“S 61°38’39“W)
2024
Indochinite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 11 cm

 

 

Meteorite (47°31‘22.8“N 138°00‘57.8“E; Fall: 1947)
2023
Meteorite, stainless steel
32 x 39,5 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Tektite (23°40‘04.1“N 114°46‘40.6“E; Formation: 700.000 BC)
2023
Tektite, stainless steel
19 x 23,5 x 15 cm

 

 

Volcanit (63°53‘34.1“N 22°16‘06.1“W; Eruption: 17th c.)
2023
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass 
32 x 39,5 x 15 cm

 

 

Volcanit (Kerið, Island, eruption 4.000 BC)
2023
Volcanit, stainless steel, ink
21,5 x 17,5 x 10 cm