Jonathon Keats Cosmic Mat
The mat has been designed to welcome beings from anywhere in the universe including members of our own species here on earth to visit your home during the 71st international astronautical congress.
Jonathon keats cosmic mat. Designing an invite for extraterrestrials with his new cosmic welcome mat project experimental philosopher jonathon keats wants to. Cosmic welcome mats aim to bring aliens in one iteration of the cosmic welcome mat developed by experimental philosopher jonathon keats in consultation with space archaeologist alice gorman. Dubbed the cosmic welcome mat it features swirls of red sky blue and violet against a black border and is meant to. One iteration of the cosmic welcome mat developed by experimental philosopher jonathon keats in 2017 in consultation with space archaeologist alice gorman.
Experimental philosopher jonathon keats who made the rug with space archaeologist alice gorman of flinders university in australia aims to have similar mats placed all over the world. Experimental philosopher jonathon keats introduces the cosmic welcome mat a joint work together with space archeologist prof. Speculating that fermi s paradox might have a simple explanation that aliens never felt welcome within our xenophobic society experimental philosopher jonathon keats has endeavored to counteract the rudeness of our species by designing the world s first cosmic welcome mat. Dubbed the cosmic welcome mat it features swirls of red sky blue and violet against a black border and is meant to convey a warm reception to all sentient life in the universe.
Presented at state studio los angeles on oct 11 2017. Experimental philosopher jonathon keats who created the rug with space archaeologist alice gorman of flinders university in australia aims to have similar mats placed all over the world. The mats are designed to let aliens. If i were an alien i wouldn t feel all that welcome here.
The mat is an art project from experimental philosopher jonathon keats and space archaeologist alice gorman and in the context of the iac it s hard to know what to make of it.