48 Hours in Brighton: The story behind Cassette Lord
First thing walking around Brighton that caught my eye are the green telephone termination boxes painted with pixedlated bright images of cassettes with the kickass signature name of…………… Cassette Lord.
I took some photos of his artwork while in Brighton and thought be interesting to find out more about the story behind this unique art project.
37 years old and originally from Portsmouth, Cassette Lord came to the city to run the local Artscape Project: a
project he was hired to run which is all about teaching and creating graffiti art on walls and murals to young offenders as community service.
Given the kids interest in graffiti and his passion for the art form- Artscape was a real turning point for him and inspiration for the project.
Technique: Cassette Lord makes sculptures out of tapes, spray them white, red, blue or yellow and then pulls them together to form the pixelated retro image.
Photo image: Courtesy of Kris Mitchell http://kris-mitchell.tumblr.com/
Personally wow, what a great idea- I love all things retro that are evocative of my childhood- especially tapes ( still have my collection! )
Cassette Lord has definitely added some colour and character to the city.
Grafitti sadly, is often a misunderstood artform.
It is refreshing to see the local council instead of pushing it underground, embracing it to allow Cassette Lord to transform the dreary green telephone boxes into a great art project.
If this has whetted your appetite to find out more about Brighton’s cracking streetart scene, there’s a new post on the way next week.
If you missed here is the earlier instalment of my first few hours in Brighton
In the meantime check out Visit Brighton website for more about the city’s vibrant art scene
Cassettes – Brilliantly old school – always nice to read who is behind this stuff.
tristan
Gotta love tapes- still hoarding my old collection and not letting go of them..
Thanks for good feedback n glad you like the work, i must point out that free style face image is by another street artist tho, kind regards, c.l
Whoa!
Thanks for commenting- awesome to hear from you.
Love your work.
I was informed by someone that image was by you, I’ll correct that…
Cheers for commenting!!
Brighton has a great street art scene. Street artist such as R1, Snub, Kakos, Cassette lord and Siena for sure gives Brighton a special vibe.
I’ve been photographing Cassette Lord’s work and going out painting with him on the street for the last 6 months or so. I reckon there’s currently around 60 assorted cassettes, ghetto blasters and other pieces by him around Brighton. It’s a dynamic scene where sadly boxes often get tagged or vandalised, so it’s always a pleasure to be able to see and photograph a fresh box.
i saw cassette lord’s work last week in brighton and posted this: http://hostileyeti.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/cassette-lord.html