Musical portraits that rewind to the cassette era

New Jersey-based artist Amy Corson was cleaning out cupboards when she found some old music cassettes, which sparked a decade-long project creating portraits of her favourite musicians using the magnetic tape. “I picked up a cassette of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and pulled out some of the tape. It reminded me of his curly hair, and the rest is history,” she says. Tape can be challenging to work with, but it is also rewarding. “I love the idea of creating something beautiful out of everyday objects. Being able to use something that someone else may think is worthless is an incredible thing,” she says

Skyler King

Sat 5 Aug 2023 12.00 EDT