Cassette tape art – portraiture
Posted on | June 1, 2010 |
We used to play with defective music cassette tape when we were young. We’d get the tape and use it our spider-silk-web that’s supposed to catch the enemies. And you know how weak this tape is. It only requires exactly 0.0000024 lbs of pull-force before it reaches its snapping point. So it’s useless when used for such.
It turns out, there is a better use for old tapes. I found the after-service purpose of cassette tapes (and VHS tapes, betamax tapes, film reels, etc.), it has something to do with the arts. That is, make black & white artistic portraits of some pop culture icons using this, using only this.
“In this series I showcase a number of portraits of musicians made out of recycled cassette tape with original cassette. Also included are portraits made from old film and reels. The idea comes from a philosopher’s (Ryle) description of how your spirit lives in your body. I imagine we are all, like cassettes, thoughts wrapped up in awkward packaging.”
Some samples below, and I am pickin the music icons I love:
val kilmer, err, jim morrison
boys don't trim
the abbey tape
imagine you own this
not bad
smells like artist's spirit
the zimmerman
May I suggest, let’s find our cassette tape player, dust-off our fave working cassette tapes (Kenny Rogers! Barry Manilow! Eagles! Dionne Warwick!) and play the hits while checking out the complete set here.
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