2026 Installation Aircraft parts, drag parachutes, spherical mirror, circular glass, stainless steel laser-cuts, steel structure 200 x 155 x 210 cm
The metallic object […] consists of ring-shaped components that are wedged into one another. The artist assembled them from both used and new materials that she herself has worked on. Tapering conically, these rings form central openings which […] Schulzek seals with a round window and a semi-transparent, spherical mirror, condensing the structure into a capsule-like form. While the interior of the sculpture contains emptiness, the layering of the curved glass creates the optical effect of a human eye. The viewer is thus met with a gaze—complete with iris, pupil, and the upside-down reflection of their own image. Two drogue parachutes, attached to the capsule by a thick rope, lie slack on the floor of the exhibition space. They evoke the impression of a space capsule that has just come to rest shortly after touching down on Earth.
Text: Eva Oberhofer
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