The artist who portrays faces on Floppy Disk and Vhs to make us reflect on the dark sides of technology

Nick Gentry is a British artist known for his portraits Out of the ordinary, made using obsolete media such as floppy disk, photographic negatives, videotapes. Through these objects, once daily and now forgotten, Gentry builds works that in addition to fascinating for their captivating aesthetic, make you think.

Recycling technological materials donated by people around the world, the artist creates collages on which he paints human faces, which emerge from a surface composed of memory fragments, as if the identity itself was a disordered set of data, experiences and narratives.

One of its most famous series is the one dedicated to VHS videotapeswhich once assembled become the basis of its portraits. Works that explore the complex theme of identity, reflecting on what remains of us in the digital era and investigating the increasingly subtle border between truth and fiction.

In fact, their fragmented aesthetic symbolizes the distortions of reality due to the massive use of technology, revealing the manipulation that often lies under a glossy surface. But at the same time they are a means of connecting past and present, highlighting how quick the technological change is, highlighting its ephemeral nature and its profound impact on our existences.

Not just videotapes: Even the floppy disks become part of its creative universe.

The portraits painted on these supports become visual maps of the digital identity, in which the individual merges with the collective, in an intertwining of experiences that highlights the strong interconnection of our digital lives.

What you see below is a portrait on Floppy Disk of 2013, the largest work ever created by Nick. Impressive!

SOURCE: Nick Gentry