The vehicle is a spacecraft that was sent on a secret manned mission to Mars in 1965. (Empire is an acronym for “Early Manned Planetary-Interplanetary Roundtrip Expeditions.”) After the ship was lost in a wormhole, the crew drifted through spacetime for 10 generations, before finally rebuilding its engines and jetting back to the Playa.

Project: Empire, mutant vehicle by Jon Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate

Photo by: Maritta Renz

Year: 2024

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The vehicle is a spacecraft that was sent on a secret manned mission to Mars in 1965. (Empire is an acronym for “Early Manned Planetary-Interplanetary Roundtrip Expeditions.”) After the ship was lost in a wormhole, the crew drifted through spacetime for 10 generations, before finally rebuilding its engines and jetting back to the Playa.

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