Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
Interplanetary radio signal broadcast from Mars around 0002466 CE to the small number of residual Earth humans (who did not make it to Mars or chose not to). The audio signal consists of varying sine wave frequencies that contains bioelectric data translated into sonified readings of microcurrent fluctuations in plant or para-plant beings.
Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
The image signal seems to be an iteration of a photographic item in Getty Museum’s collection. The audio is likely to be a recording of bioelectric data belonging to Martian sentient beings of potato-human descent, as the photograph of earthly Solanaceae may have been sent as a visual signifier accompanying the audio. The signal can be traced back to a single geo origin, which is Mars
Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
450 solar years of after the first potato-human colonies were established on Mars, exiled diaspora of Solanum Sapiens and Homo Tuberosum are now ready to return home to Earth. As an offering they bring with them descendants of original Martian soil, sourced by the Pampas de La Joya by CIP (The International Potato Centre) and NASA in 0002016 CE, long since extinct on Earth.
Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
It took centuries to generate a liveable Mars. Semi sentient machines were sent ahead with genetic material on board to create colonists adapted to the newly terraformed planet. A fortunate mix-up with automated gene grafting resulted in the creation of a potato-human hybrid species that vastly exceeded the qualities of their predecessors. Their lives on Mars were not utopian, but allowed for greater choice about how to spend time, as the machines did the majority of work.
Interplanetary radio signals from future Martian potatoes
In a much diminished form, humans survived by scavenging corpses and managed to sustain a rudimentary civilization. They continued to feed on putrid meat, stank like a mass grave, and expressed affection by defecating on one another. They were employed for a while as filtering devices for blite and the waste products of Potato cities. Their dependency on potato waste limited their evolutionary potential, and they eventually became extinct after suffering epoch long bouts of debilitating gastroenteritis.
Informed by Koseman, C.M. 2025. All Tomorrows the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man. Wilton Square Books London.