Billionaires remain obsessed with colonizing Mars and humanity seems fascinated with the potential of leaving our planet behind rather than cherishing the Earth we have. Yet science widely acknowledges that terraforming an uninhabitable planet like Mars is unachievable, and that alternate solar systems holding a potential “Earth 2.0” are beyond human reach.

In Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's current exhibition “Life on Mars,” on view through Sept. 14, artists Erika Lynne Hanson and Steven J. Yazzie explore our own planet in work that is both familiar and otherworldly. Through photography, textiles, ceramics, videos and painting, these two artists have created an exhibition that resonates with mysterious earth energy and takes inspiration from the desert landscape to reframe ho

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