Supercharged looks at aesthetic and ideological connections between American hot rod and UFO cultures. The intersection of Route 66 and the Extraterrestrial Highway. Mobility as freedom and the fear of technologically advanced alien life would have malignant intentions is an expression of our fear of the future. Our separation from the processes of technology, not knowing how the things around us work, how we will manage as we become more and more unaware of how the world around us works. The allure of the simple mechanics of the V8 internal combustion engine and a desire to return to those simpler times, before cars had computers in them.