American contemporary artist Tom Sachs has collaborated with global online retailer SSENSE on an online platform Space Program: Retail Lab (S.P.R.L.). First of its kind digital companion to the artist’s Space Program, the platform enables access to Tom Sachs’ limited edition objects, indoctrination exercises, and a site-specific installation of artworks at SSENSE MONTRÉAL.
Space Program is the artist’s thirteen-year exploration of the boundaries of other worlds and human possibilities. SPACE PROGRAM: RARE EARTHS, is currently on display at Deichtorhallen Hamburg until April 10, 2022.
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The collaboration brings together the respective explorations and shared values of Tom Sachs and SSENSE as they challenge conventions of what retail can be. It features furniture like the NASA Folding Chair, design objects such as the Tom Sachs Leatherman Charge+ All Purpose Tool, and select artworks. Additional items, including the new Fanny Pack Pro bag and singular Nikecraft products from the Tom Sachs archive will be released during the course of the exhibition.
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Visitors to the S.P.R.L. can undergo exercises to digitally indoctrinate themselves into the Studio code by successfully completing online missions and following the S.P.R.L. log for updates about the Space Program.
