An optimistic vision of the future in an era of climate breakdown is one that doesn't involve humans, said British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Dezeen Day.
During her keynote, Ginsberg questioned why scientists and designers try and create new and "better" life forms and consider relocation to other planets when we have failed to care for what we already have.
"There's this paradox that humans are so desperate to create new life forms, but we are terrible at looking after what already exists," said Ginsberg.
"The problem is that 'better' is really a human idea," she explained. "We're selfish ? we're trying to solve problems for ourselves, and those problems have human measures."
"Why is Mars better with humans"" During the talk, Ginsberg spoke about her first solo exhibition, Better Nature, which is at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery until 24 November 2019, which includes The Wilding of Mars.
"The way to make something optimistic is just to leave people out," said Ginsberg, speaking about the simulation of a wilderness on Mars, which would grow over a million years and would be seeded with sixteen different plant species.
"Why is Mars better with humans, and why are humans going to be better on Mars"" she asked.

Ginsberg praised the Broken Nature show by MoMA curator Paola Antonelli, who also spoke at Dezeen Day. Antonelli argued in an interview with Dezeen earlier this year that the ext...