Space Program: Europa

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

September 18, 2016 - January 15, 2016

    Tom SachsTargeting Jupiter’s icy moon. Tom Sachs has achieved to share the experience of space travel with people here on Earth. The expansive sculpture exhibition offers an unprecedented view into Sachs’ extraordinary artistic output and advances his visionary imagination to find extraterrestrial life with his sculptures. From the interpretation of idealized  space travel and the playfulness it represents. The Apollo era Landing Excursion Module, and special equipment for conducting scientific experiments introducing people in a universe of sculpture and possibilities. The emotion of traveling and exploring is shared, letting us fill the gaps with the information needed. Imagination is the engine from which the exhibition launches to space. 

    Each process that the astronauts do around their machines to complete a task could be overlapped with the tasks that we do everyday to continue living. Being present in the moment is more relevant in space and we often overlook the impact of appreciating where we are. Tom Sach has curated an experience for humanity to reflect what we are capable of and to understand the luxury of being down here on Earth. We as humanity have the power to destroy and create. 

    If in one generation we went to the stars and on the next one we almost killed our Earth,  I believe that in this generation we have the responsibility of saving our home. These reminders of what we are working for creates a perspective for us to become better and achieve things that just humans can. Humanity is here for the trip not for the destination, it could be true that we were born too early to explore the universe. But we have to work on the first step of this adventure, humanity was born on Earth but will not perish on Earth, we will forever evolve on to the stars