Final Days: The Interstellar Interactivity of Tom Sachs at Park Avenue Armory

Those of you feeling dulled by the cold, ashen greys and dead stares floating through New York's galleries, we officially have your antidote--and, naturally, it comes in the form of a homemade space station.  But you'll need to act fast as your remedy's days are numbered...

Sunday, June 17th will be your final day to immerse yourself in installation artist Tom Sachs' gonzo and intimidatingly inventive Space Program: Mars.  Happening at Park Avenue Armory and co-presented by Creative Time, Sachs' has transformed 55,000 square feet into a full-blown, extraterrestial environment. 

Yes, a bizarre undertaking, but to hear it from Park Ave. Armory:

Space Station: Mars is deemed "a demonstration of all that is necessary for survival, scientific exploration, and colonization in extraterrestrial environs: from food delivery systems and entertainment to agriculture and human waste disposal," with "a conceptual underpinning that addresses serious and profound issues—namely the commodification of abstract concepts such as originality, shock, newness, and mystery—expressing them in the personal and physical terms of production and process."

So we implore you: Muster up the $12 for a ticket and find an hour or two within the week to explore Sachs' otherworld, it's an installation event that's simply all too rare.

Here's the strange, predictably esoteric trailer:

Space Program Mars: Trailer from Tom Sachs on Vimeo.

And a couple choice shots (though we'll save the others for your own eyeballs):