On 30 May 2020, at 15:52 EDT, Plastique Fantastique watched the Spacex Falcon 9 rocket carry NASA personal (for a fee) to the International Space Station and thought, as below, so above (next stop the moon, then Mars). There is much today, down here, that needs our urgent attention… and there is much in the future, up there, to worry about too, including one million people living on Mars by 2050 as the first stage of planetary colonisation.
Earth views Mars as a planetary symbol for the cocksure warrior, and for violence, passion, assertion, and the weaponization of skill and sex… above all, Mars is the sign of competition (and Mars is a goal for commerce). Mars is not this Mars though. That land is not that land… Plastique Fantastique knows a different Mars (they have been there)… It is the hominids of Earth that have projected this image (of themselves) onto Mars… all other animals know this… Mars as ruling planet is not to be feared… it is Earth as ruling planet (Earth in Mars and the Mars in Earth) that we need to worry about…
Featuring contributions from Plastique Fantastique's friends Gentle Stranger, Christopher Kirubi and the collaboration of Arianne Churchman & Benedict Drew. The broadcast will feature clips from a film by Plastique Fantastique commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries.
