Chamber II and Chamber III are mysterious capsule-like objects with strange surfaces. Appearing to have fallen out of orbit, transported from another time or distant space, these sculptural works invite viewers to question what they are looking at: relics, containers, or something else entirely?
One of these peculiar capsules features a round mirror that pierces through its surface, distorting and expanding your view as you approach. This visual trick reflects how our perspective on reality can shift when we encounter the unknown.
Schulzek draws inspiration from Oumuamua, the mysterious interstellar object that passed through our solar system in 2017. Challenging existing scientific categories, it couldn’t be classified as either a comet or an asteroid. Similarly, the displayed chambers resist such simple definitions. They can be associated with “rogue planets”, celestial bodies drifting alone through space without orbiting any star.
Schulzek’s sculptures also evoke space debris: fragments of human technology that orbit Earth or crash back down as glowing pieces. This is linked to humankind’s attempts to leave traces in space, while at the same time they lose control of those traces.
The Chambers series explores how cosmic objects regularly impact our planet as “unexpected messages from a world beyond our imagination.” Despite our data centres, algorithms and scientific apparatus, we cannot control everything. Nature remains an unpredictable force. 

(Barnabás Bencsik)