Nick Gentry's recycled floppy disc art

I recently discovered this inspiring artist, who's work is extremely unique and engaging. Nick Gentry is a a London-based artist who has exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe. His portraits use a combination of obsolete media formats, making a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity.

“I use floppy disks because probably billions of them were created and really valued at one point, and now, suddenly, they don’t have a place in the world. They don’t have a use. I was probably the first generation of kids to grow up with a computer. As long as I can remember I had a computer to play on, and those old things that you could handle, like tapes and disks – things in your hand. Now, everything is kind of invisible, in a way.”

I really love the textural quality to these works and the grid-like feel that is created from piecing the floppy discs together. Simply awesome.