COMMODIFYING MARS
Sooner or later, Mars will be colonized. The first crewed flight to Mars is planned for 2024; the Mars One is a mission with no return. New people will come to Mars every two years to live there permanently. It will be the human exodus to other planets.
On the one hand, I imagine life on mars as very futuristic, with high-tech spaceships and spacesuits. On the other hand, life will be very primitive. There is nothing on mars, no flora or fauna, shops or hospitals. People will live as a nomad in small communities, travelling with the warm season.
The human body will be used for the production of materials. In my research, I focused on human hair. I made textiles to create a warm atmosphere in the cold, futuristic space surroundings. Future generations of mars will have mars as their only reference and inspiration. The rug from hair has patterns inspired by the mars landscape. People on mars can grow their hair for textile production and make the textile together.