An other-worldly art project: the artists furnishing a Martian house

Bristol project aims to give glimpse of what life in colony on Mars may be like using recycled materialsThere is a "Martian guitar" manufactured out of recycled pieces of wood and metal with an amp fashioned from a coffee pot. A surprisingly comfortable chair, plus rug and curtains, have been created out of the sort of parachute material a Mars landing craft may have used. The bedding in the sleeping pods has been decorated with dyes from plants, while a "mist shower" has been made using bits of hose and garden irrigation sprays.Over the last 10 weeks, the people of Bristol have been taking part in an other-worldly art project - to furnish a "Martian house" that materialised, golden and gleaming, on the harbour-side in Bristol during the summer only using recycled and repurposed objects. Continue reading...