In Manifest Destiny, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukacs explore the boundaries of what we can perceive in time and space, fictionalizing this with a voice over that is based on real stories from scientists. The video reveals the limitations of our tinted imagination, while also showing how we desire to look beyond these boundaries and conquer new territories (our Manifest Destiny). For years the fictional scientist in the voice-over - based on interviews with real scientists - has been doing research on alien planets where there may be life. In contrast, the visual narrative tells about a journey within the existing mental framework, namely a trip through outdated visions of the moon and Mars, an imaginary planet, a savage, empty Earth, and finally an observatory, the point of departure for the unknown.