Steve Gurysh
2024
Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) and high density urethane foam.
19 x 29 x 2 inches
2025
Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) and high density urethane foam.
66 x 42 x 15 inches
Manufactured from minerals vastly distributed on Earth's surface, Mars Global Simulant (MGS) is a mineralogical standard analog based on data collected from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Adopted for research, simulants are used to explore the mineralogical and atmospheric composition of other planets, as well as their "engineerability", asking deep questions about what the universe is "made" of while speculating on the potential to one day inhabit, terraform, colonize, or otherwise exchange with or extract from other planets.
In this series I explore the hyperdislocated and composite qualities of simulants to collage and digitally reconstruct planetary terrain, exploring place, ground, bodies of water, traces of ecology and human imprints on the landscape. Sourced from 3D scans of multiple sites, the dimensions of these works extend across the spawning grounds of horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay, to the floor mats of flood salvaged cars, to riverbanks spanning the Mississipi Watershed from the Allegheny to the Kaw River.
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2024
Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) and high density urethane foam.
19 x 29 x 2 inches
2025
Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) and high density urethane foam.
66 x 42 x 15 inches
Manufactured from minerals vastly distributed on Earth's surface, Mars Global Simulant (MGS) is a mineralogical standard analog based on data collected from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Adopted for research, simulants are used to explore the mineralogical and atmospheric composition of other planets, as well as their "engineerability", asking deep questions about what the universe is "made" of while speculating on the potential to one day inhabit, terraform, colonize, or otherwise exchange with or extract from other planets.
In this series I explore the hyperdislocated and composite qualities of simulants to collage and digitally reconstruct planetary terrain, exploring place, ground, bodies of water, traces of ecology and human imprints on the landscape. Sourced from 3D scans of multiple sites, the dimensions of these works extend across the spawning grounds of horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay, to the floor mats of flood salvaged cars, to riverbanks spanning the Mississipi Watershed from the Allegheny to the Kaw River.