Humanity Reimagined - Mars Opening Symposium (Part 2)

25 November 2023 (Saturday) | 2pm - 6pm

The opening symposium of Mars: The Red Mirror, explored how Mars has long captured our collective imagination and what it represents for humanity.

Speakers included Judit Carrera (Director of CCCB), Juan Insua (Curator of Mars. The Red Mirror and Former Director of CCCB Lab), Michael Najjar (German artist, adventurer and future astronaut), Venzha Christ (Indonesian media artist and Founder of HONF Foundation and ISSS – Indonesia Space Science Society), Lynette Tan (CEO and Chairwoman of Space Faculty), Dr Masaki Fujimoto (Deputy Director General of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA), Dr Roy Ang (Scientist at Genome Institute of Singapore’s Laboratory of Biodiversity Genomics), Geneviève Galliano (Chief Curator of Department of Antiquities at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon), and more.

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Timeline:
01:28 Dr Masaki Fujimoto (Deputy Director General of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) on JAXA’s planned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft mission
14:50 Michael Najjar (German artist, adventurer and future astronaut) on SpaceX STARBASE and his body of photographic work on projects which aim to establish footholds beyond Earth
43:11 Venzha Christ (Indonesian media artist and Founder of HONF Foundation and ISSS – Indonesia Space Science Society) on VMARS as the first Mars analogue initiative in Southeast Asia for space science enthusiasts across the globe
58:54 Dr Roy Ang (Research Fellow at Genome Institute of Singapore) on stepping-stone research scientists are undertaking to advance understanding of what it takes to grow crops on Mars
1:15:59 Lynette Tan (CEO and Chairwoman of Space Faculty) on space as the starting point of inspiration, innovation and invention; the first stop for ideas, not the last frontier
1:30:05 Q&A moderated by Zhang Bao Xin (Curator, Public Programmes, ArtScience Museum)