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kottke.org posts about Nick Gentry

posted by Jason Kottke

Repurposed Retro Tech Portraits by Nick Gentry

portrait of a person's head made out of cassette tapes and VHS tapes

portrait of a twop people's heads made out of cassette tapes and VHS tapes

portrait of a person's head made out of floppy disks

London artist Nick Gentry takes old recording media (VHS tapes, cassette tapes, floppy disks) and turns them into portraits (Instagram). Gentry gets his materials from members of the public:

Made from floppy disks contributed by members of the public. As a social art project, the process is open to everyone. Find out how to recycle and include your obsolete materials in future artworks by getting in touch.

(via colossal)