exhibited: 07.03.–30.05.2026 MONA SCHULZEK, Birds sing at a higher pitch in urban landscapes, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, AT

In her new photographic series In Sphären (engl. in sphere, 2026), Mona Schulzek takes up the seconds immediately before landing—the fading moment of weightlessness in the transition to touchdown. Once again, she combines her own photographs with found imagery, including pictures of space debris that is deliberately brought down over Point Nemo, the most remote point from land in the Pacific Ocean. Through digital manipulation, she stages these motifs as high-contrast light images. Referencing the bioluminescence of certain living organisms, particularly jellyfish, illuminated parachutes appear to dance over a black, shimmering ground. The violent transfer of force upon impact and its effect on the shape of the parachutes are translated into concentrated and tranquil images. They evoke both the stillness of constellations and photographs from the deep sea.