Daniela de Paulis’ art project A Sign in Space launched on May 24, 2023, when the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter sent a simulated alien message back to Earth. The project invited the world to explore the process of decoding and interpreting an extraterrestrial message. It took just over a year and a global community of thousands of enthusiasts on Discord, but the message has now been decoded. On June 7, 2024, the father-daughter team “John” and “Sarah” (who asked to remain anonymous) cracked the code and revealed the image of five amino acids displayed in a universal organic molecular diagram notation.
However - this is not the end of the journey! The “alien” message has been decoded, but it has yet to be interpreted. Daniela de Paulis invites the worldwide community to conduct their own analysis and share their interpretation on Discord or via the asignin.space website.
Read more about the decoded message in the SETI Institute’s press release here:
https://www.seti.org/decoding-message-sign-space-year-long-journey
Watch the new trailer for A Sign in Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2VeCAm3hw
The SETI AIR program invites writers and poets working in the areas of literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit proposals.
Deadline to submit: 1 July 2024, 11:59pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)
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