Episode 16: Tom Sachs
Reporting from a 15' x 50' enclosed studio… or basement depending on how you’re utilizing it, TOM SACHS shares a space with storage, laundry, and his children, contemplating on the small things. With work that focuses on recontextualizing, SACHS pauses to deconstruct his most personal and meticulous assemblage: his music taste. From formative glimpses at the eternally influential do-it-yourself punk culture of The Anthrax, to his congenial collaborative work with the enigmatic Frank Ocean, the Tom Sachs rendered in this audio is subject to reinterpretation…
Full Interview
““When people ask me, ‘Who are the artists that inspire you?’ They expect to hear Picasso, or Alexander Calder... but it’s James Brown for sure, because he’s the guy that brings me the energy, he’s my inspiration...””
SACH’s Selections
Illustration by Luke-Edward Hall.