“The artists who really inspire me are James Brown, Lil Wayne, Louis Armstrong. Frank Ocean represents that whole arc.”
Tom Sachs‘s NikeCraft project set up camp on Governor’s Island last week with the opening of Space Camp, an interactive combination of obstacle course, indoctrination station and art installation. According to Sachs: “This project—the shoes, the movie, the obstacle, the zine—all of that is in the service of the idea that the reward for good work is more work.” HYPEBEAST sat down with Sachs to delve into some of the ideas underlying the NikeCraft project.
Check the interview out above and be sure to try and register for Space Camp here.