ELOISE MOOREHEAD

Atlanta-based artist Brian Dettmer creates intricate sculptural skeletons using altered cassette tapes. Dettmer began creating the pieces in 2005 as he was thinking about the demise of analog media in the increasingly digital world. One day as Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘Here was this thing that used to live, its used to fly around and play a vital role, and now it is dead and all that remains is the solid material.’ Dettmer was quick to extrapolate this idea linking the bird’s life to that of the cassette. He transformed the skeleton of old cassettes into literal animal skeletons. All the pieces are made using only cassettes tapes with no glue, tape or other outside materials. [source]

Atlanta-based artist Brian Dettmer creates intricate sculptural skeletons using altered cassette tapes. Dettmer began creating the pieces in 2005 as he was thinking about the demise of analog media in the increasingly digital world. One day as Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘Here was this thing that used to live, its used to fly around and play a vital role, and now it is dead and all that remains is the solid material.’ Dettmer was quick to extrapolate this idea linking the bird’s life to that of the cassette. He transformed the skeleton of old cassettes into literal animal skeletons. All the pieces are made using only cassettes tapes with no glue, tape or other outside materials. [source]