What to do with your old audio cassettes? Give them to an artist instead of throwing them away.

They're in almost every attic: entire boxes, bags, sometimes cartons. Audio cassettes that have survived three moves without us really knowing why we still keep them: too full of memories to end up in the landfill, too bulky to stay there indefinitely.

Most people end up throwing them away. It's a shame, because there's another option.

What I do with your cassettes

Since 2021, I've been creating portraits on collages of vintage audio cassettes. Not new cassettes bought in bulk, but cassettes that have lived, that have been recorded, listened to, played over and over, that bear handwritten inscriptions, faded titles, homemade labels.

It's precisely this past that interests me. A blank cassette bought online doesn't have the same weight as one that's spent thirty years in a Normandy attic. The object has a history, and when it becomes the medium for a work of art, that history remains within it, invisible yet present.

Your cassettes can become a work of art

If you have cassettes and don't know what to do with them, you can send them to me or bring them to me. I incorporate them into my creations. Some become the canvas for a portrait of your choice. Others join my collection for future works.

This isn't an eco-friendly gesture in the marketing sense. It's simply the logic of my work. I hunt for these objects Sunday after Sunday at flea markets. When someone brings them to me directly, with their story, it's even better.

And if you want to take it a step further, a custom commission is possible. An artist who matters to you, a format that fits your space, your own cassettes as raw material. The result is a work of art that belongs to you twice over.

What your cassettes have in common with my artwork

People who buy these portraits often tell me the same thing. They're fans of the artist depicted, and the cassette is part of their youth. This dual connection, with the subject and with the object itself, is what makes these works different from a poster or a digital print.

A cassette you held in your hands thirty years ago, transformed into a portrait of an artist who mattered to you, hanging in your living room. It's no longer just decoration. It's something else entirely.

If your cassettes are lying around somewhere and this idea appeals to you, the contact page is there.