The Unclean

In 2007, Sean Orlando and a talented community of 60+ Bay Area artists created a large scale art piece called the Steampunk Tree House. Now that team is working their asses off to reach outer space! Ok, not actually going into outer space, but a new piece for the retro future of space travel.

The Raygun Gothic Rocket is an immersive rocket base environment consisting of a tall metal rocket connected via walkway to a taller gantry with a well-defined lighted perimeter. Participants can interactively explore the rocket’s three interior chambers accessible through the bottom of the rocket and the top of the rocket via the gantry. Aesthetically the project will be done in a rococo retro-futurist vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was, a critical kitsch somewhere between The Moons of Mongo & Manga Nouveau.
It will debut at the end of August 2009 in Black Rock City, NV and is being built in West Oakland, CA. by a dedicated community of 70+ Bay Area industrial artists and technologists. The Rocket stands 40′ tall, is 8′ in diameter, and is estimated to weigh 7.5 tons. It is being crafted in part from recycled, reclaimed, and reused materials.

Links:

• Coilhouse is where I first heard of the project
• LaughingSquid also has a write up on RGR (and is a great site for interesting reads)
• Official Website
• On Twitter