"By sourcing salvaged disks and making them into permanent artworks, she removes them from the waste stream. Each painting locks hundreds of recycled computer floppy disks, but this time, their lives may last far longer than the data they once carried and trash bins they were once in."
"The artist calls it a collaboration between herself and the original owners of the data whose digital lives now form the texture of artworks hanging on walls. And the labels on each disk, still readable, still carrying the names of old software and handwritten notes, become part of the artwork's meaning."
"Hand-assembled into the canvas, hundreds of these materials become the base for screen-printed and painted portraits of figures, from Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn to David Bowie and Abraham Lincoln. The result sits between mosaic, pop art, and archives using recycled computer floppy disks."
Taylor Smith transforms obsolete floppy disks into monumental portrait artworks by arranging hundreds of colorful disks into grids that form the base structure of famous faces including Marilyn Monroe, David Bowie, and Abraham Lincoln. Each disk retains its original printed label featuring software names and handwritten notes, which become integral to the artwork's meaning. Screen-printed paint layers add additional color and detail over the physical disk surfaces. This practice rescues discarded storage devices from waste streams, giving them permanent life as art. The visible labels on each disk create a collaborative element, as the original data owners' digital lives now form the texture of wall-mounted artworks, bridging obsolete technology with contemporary artistic expression.
Read at designboom | architecture & design magazine
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