Power Trip

A nostalgic voyage through interstellar and subatomic space spanning half a century of scientific knowledge and imagination.

In 1968, the Office of Charles and Ray Eames and the National Film Board of Canada produced the first two film adaptations of Kees Boeke's 1957 book Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps, which explored outer space and our inner selves through orders of magnitude. The Eames team would later remake their "rough sketch" as a more polished Powers of Ten short film released in 1977 to worldwide acclaim. IMAX, Hollywood, and even smart phone app developers continued remaking the cosmic zoom until it became a cinema cliché. Power Trip takes us back to the beginning to track how Boeke's ideas have evolved over time and recall the awe and wonder of seeing ourselves from afar and within for the very first time.