Abby Wrightsmith- Tom Sachs video response

The “Homemade Mission to Mars by Tom Sachs” video presents Tom Sachs’ installation that mimics a space program.  Tom Sachs combined his long interest in space and science with art by creating his own “space administration”.  Though his administration does not actually conduct space travel or research, they mimic everything a space program does, with the focus of a fabricated mission to Mars.  Tom Sachs also partners with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to discuss ideas together and trade concepts between their different focuses on science and art.  The goal of the Homemade Mission to Mars is to spread interest in space and the process of studying it.  I thought this idea was very interesting because it blurs the line between art and science.  I also was impressed that Tom Sachs was actually working with JPL and NASA to discuss ideas and concepts.