In what feels like a cross between Daniel Canogar's "Small Data" and something from the drafts folder of Toilet Paper Magazine, Jim Golden's GIF series "Relics Of Technology" turns antiquated tech into re-animated devices. Set in front of '70s-friendly pale hues, the machines are brought back from the dead media abyss to blink and whir once again.From typewriters to floppy disks, the series was inspired when Golden found a football-sized cell phone at a thrift store. "These photos are reminders that progress has a price and our efforts have an expiration date," says the artist rather nihilistically.See some of his throwback art below, and get the shivers thinking about how dial-up Internet could be turned into a GIF.All images by Jim Golden. See his website for more of his awesome work.@zachsokolh/t DesignBoomRelated:Do All Flip Phones Go To Heaven? "Small Data" Explores The Afterlife Of Dead TechOld Movies Are Projected Onto Hundreds Of DVDs To Create Beautiful Audio-Visual MosaicOld TV Remote Controls Get Transformed Into Infrared Sculpture
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