I don’t know this artist Tom Sachs at all, but I came across his model of a NASA Hasselblad camera. The low-fi real but not real aesthetic of it appeals. Its not a copy, but, too crude to be a facsimile. I am never quite sure what a Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra means, but it our mixed up world of augemented, immersive, distracted, digital reality, his stuff seems pretty good. Love to see some of his art work for real. Anyway I have transcribed part of an interview he has , that I found on you tube. Talks to all of this. The interviewer gets bonus points for the Francis Bacon interview quote. I read that book as an angsty art student, and its full off good stuff. Although you can’t escape the feeling Francis Bacon may be getting drunk. I wonder if its like a party where you thought you were the wit of the evening, but the next day you turn out to be a nincompoop.
