It looks like The Selby, whose quirky studio visits we have featured here on AM in the past, have expanded into film. This time, Todd visits sculptor Tom Sachs, owner of an uncanny ability to cobble together functional contraptions out of accumulated components. We have encountered many of his handcrafted “bricolage” at various art fairs and at the Lance Armstrong organized Stages exhibitions if you remember.
The footage follows Sachs in his studio where they touch on various topics including the use of assistants and “knolling,” a organizational term he picked up after working two years in Frank Gehry’s furniture fabrication shop. For an artist who uses so many tools and has so many spare parts lying around, this is certainly something that helps keeps his life in order. Also, if you are interested, take a look at a highly entertaining Wes Anderson-like video Sachs put together for his studio assistants, 10 Bullets, that highlight “knolling” among other “code” they are supposed to follow – after the jump…
Discuss Tom Sachs here.
