MARTIAN FOLK MUSIC

Martian Folk Music explores how ideas of space exploration and folklore could manifest on the Red Planet.

The Martian Folk Instrument is made from the same material as recycled satellites. It's distinctly tailored for Mars, respecting it as a non-human entity. The body, based on a natural Martian form, is hollow for bass resonance, so it can be heard in the Martian atmosphere. The sound hole is oval shaped to reflect the elliptical heliocentric orbit of Mars. The changeable instrument bridges are silhouettes of Martian mountain ranges, cast in aluminium.

It's an object to give Mars its own sonic geography and regional identity, and a tool for planting the seeds of folk culture on another planet.