'Mars: The Red Mirror' Exhibition Touches Down In Singapore At ArtScience Museum

By Karmen on 27 Nov 2023

Digital Editor

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There's something about the vastness and mystery of outer space that makes it so alluring. And whether you are an avid space enthusiast or simply fascinated with its beauty and wonder, there's a new exhibition in town that'll satiate your curiosities. Docking at ArtScience Museum from now till April 2024 is Mars: The Red Mirror. Visitors will be launched into an out-of-this-world expedition through 12,000 years of culture, art, history, and science about Mars from ancient times to the present day.

It will feature over 300 objects, including significant historical artefacts, rare scientific manuscripts, films, contemporary works of art, and even an authentic Martian meteorite.

The first section, Mars in Ancient Cultures, showcases how humanity's relationship with the Red Planet has evolved.

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This leads into the second section, Science and Fiction of The Red Planet, which explores stories of Mars in science fiction literature, film, and even pulp magazines and comics.

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The final stop is at Mars in the Anthropocene. This section is all about Mars in present day, and touches on topics like climate change.

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This is where visitors will encounter a larger-than-life inflatable sculpture of Mars by British artist Luke Jerram. On it is detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface, and a triptych titled starbase by German artist and adventurer Michael Najjar.

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