Art Attack

Portrait: William Shakespeare made entirely out of text from his sonnets

"Iri5 is an artist who specializes in using non traditional media such as old books, audio cassettes, playing cards, magazines, credit cards, basically whatever he can find. She says:

It feels great to work with strange, older materials. Things that have a mind of their own. Most everything I use has been thrown away or donated at some point. Past its prime, like some of the finest things in the world.

What she’s created with some old cassette tapes and reel tapes is simply remarkable. Using these old tapes, iri5 has turned them into works of art in a series that she calls “Ghost in the Machine.” The series portrays celebrities and musicians such as Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Robert DiNero, Jimi Hendrix, Ian Curtis, and Jim Morrison."

Ghost In the Machine: Jimi Hendrix

Another series which she has created is called "Remixes" where she chops up a series of related media to compose a bigger and greater picture.

Muhammad Ali: composed out of photographs from his life