Jonathon Keats Cosmic Mat

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.

Jonathon keats cosmic mat.

Presented at state studio los angeles on oct 11 2017. The cosmic welcome mat by jonathon keats and alice gorman phd this is a cosmic welcome mat. 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. Designing an invite for extraterrestrials with his new cosmic welcome mat project experimental philosopher jonathon keats wants to.

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. 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. The mats are designed to let aliens. 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.

The design draws on a universal visual language. If i were an alien i wouldn t feel all that welcome here. Dubbed the cosmic welcome mat it features swirls of red sky blue and violet against a black border and is meant to. 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.

It may look like an ordinary door mat but its creators insist the conceptual art piece could encourage alien life to visit earth and help create a new kind of space archaeology.