Amazing art made with old audio cassette tapes

Richard Metzger is the current Boing Boing guest blogger

Wow, this sure is a fun new use for an old media relic.

Amazing art made with old audio cassette tapes

Thanks Adam Wade!

[#1 posted by Mirra Tana, March 29, 2009 2:22 PM]

Power creativity! And so simple. Straight gold.
Jimmy Hendrix, you're cool!

[#2 posted by icrow, March 29, 2009 2:51 PM]

So, do these new pieces represent copyright violations of the original images? (by Daniel Kramer and ... hm, haven't found the original of the Hendrix yet.) And yes, totally awesome.

[#3 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 29, 2009 3:09 PM]

ICrow, you're forgetting about the derivative work the audio tapes are being put to as well, and the public performance of both.

Shocking! Someone call RIAA!

[#4 posted by Fred H, March 29, 2009 9:00 PM]

Buzz Osbourne's image is just begging for one of these!

[#5 posted by SassafrassWinterSolstice, March 30, 2009 10:15 AM]

Absolutely incredible!
I love the usage of recycled materials and the fact that this is such a unique concept.

iri5's "Ghost in the Machine - Robert Smith" is pretty amazing, too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/

Artist's Concept.
"The idea comes from a philosopher's description of how your spirit lives in your body. I imagine we are all, like cassettes, thoughts wrapped up in awkward packaging." -- iri5

I can really appreciate iri5's concept about using nontraditional media. It makes art more accessible to all kinds of people. You don't necessarily need to have a ton of extra cash to be an artist. All one needs to do is look around and repurpose a few unwanted items into new meaning.

Brilliant idea iri5!

[#6 posted by zawan, March 30, 2009 11:21 AM]

I logged in just to say "WOW"

[#7 posted by Anonymous, April 1, 2009 8:57 PM]

Now, someone just needs to make a picture of a huge alien destroying her own deformed egg-child, and my head will explode.

Hint: I've been re-reading Sterling.