exhibited:
10.05.–21.06.2025 Mona Schulzek, Thomas Feuerstein, SYZYGY, Nouveaux Deuxdeux, Munich, GER
11.09.–27.09.2025 LSD. (Love Sex Dissonance), Lage Egal Curatorial Projects #235, Lage Egal, Berlin, GER


Mona Schulzek’s sculptures „Chamber I“ (2025) and the series „Dead Matter“ (2025) continue a line of inquiry first raised in her work „Together we can make God perfect“ (2020): How does humanity engage with non-human life—be it biological, technological, or extraterrestrial? The seemingly alien object, as if fallen from the sky, is displayed publicly due to its “non-artistic” origin. Chamber I, composed of titanium, stainless steel, aluminum, and plastic, references architectural and procedural elements, as does the Dead Matter series.
In „Dead Matter“ (vacuum chamber), Schulzek incorporates the remains of a vacuum architecture she had constructed—an unsuccessful attempt to technically capture emptiness. In a ritual act, she burned the object, sealed its ashes in a glass ampoule, and placed it at the sculpture’s core: an urn preserving experimental failure, transformation, and symbolic rebirth. In contrast to Point Nemo—the remotest spot on Earth where decommissioned satellites are sunk into the “space graveyard”—Schulzek emphasizes material circulation and estrangement from origins in this cosmic-terrestrial convergence. She shifts attention to vanishing sites and asks: What remains when systems collapse? (Teresa Retzer)

The series “Organic matter” (since 2025) presents experimental setups featuring giant pill millipedes curled into a sphere. This posture can be observed as a biological defense mechanism and at the same time evokes embryos. In the universe, the spherical form appears frequently – for example in galaxies or planets. When it became clear that the Earth is spherical and not flat, the boundaries of our imagination and worldview shifted fundamentally.
The works examine how „inside“ and „outside“ are produced through shells, boundaries, and conditions. The sphere serves as a model for the basic fact that living beings – and especially humans – are always embedded in spheres: from the womb to the planet Earth and its atmosphere.