Mars Phoenix
"Mars Phoenix" is an installation designed for cyborg enthusiasts. Using speculative design to envision a cyborg rite of passage that helps candidates establish their cyborg identity. This project aims to provoke the audience to contemplate whether a new identity will be formed if humans become cyborgs.
In the year 2130, Mars, the war between humans and cyborgs ended 25 years ago. Now, at the Jezro mine on Mars,a cyborg rite of passage is taking place. This mine holds sacred significance for Martian cyborgs, as it was the location where Mark, the first Martian cyborg, was assassinated 25 years ago by an Anthropocentrism believer who opposed cybernetic modification. Although Mark's physical body has dead, his consciousness is preserved within a phoenix-shaped cyborg relic, revered as the spiritual totem of the cyborg community. The ritual occurs annually on the 21 Virgo (the 19th month of the Martian calendar), which is the only occasion when cyborg modifications are permitted. This decision represents a consensus between humans and cyborgs, as humans still desire to slow down the cyborgization process to maintain the human population.
During the ritual, candidates establish a connection with the relic using connectors. The phoenix imparts the history and values of the cyborg community. The community rejects the binary oppositions between humans and animals, organic and mechanical, and physical and non-physical as well as the humanist perspective that places "humans as the measure of all things." When the candidates finish this, the cyborg modification begins
The installation simulates the scene of ritual, allowing audiences to wear connectors and engage with the phoenix.The connector incorporates a speaker and two motors. When the Phoenix finished the narrative, The body modification will begin. Then the motor in the connector starts vibrating to simulate the sensation of body
modification.
