An encyclopedia of once-common things passing us by.

(You can buy the lovely book version too.)

 

 

Nick Gentry’s new book, also called Obsolete, is full of art made using objects that have recently turned into artifacts of another world — a world that is getting smaller and smaller on the horizon as we increasingly launch ourselves into the digital age. They’re technological tools that may not have value in our current lives, but were relevant within our lifetimes. They may still function quite well.  They may still trigger memories. Nevertheless, they’re the stuff of landfills today. Ah, the grand paradox! Gentry says it all in his work. And it’s a book! Called Obsolete! Get it?

Nick Gentry’s new book, also called Obsolete, is full of art made using objects that have recently turned into artifacts of another world — a world that is getting smaller and smaller on the horizon as we increasingly launch ourselves into the digital age. They’re technological tools that may not have value in our current lives, but were relevant within our lifetimes. They may still function quite well.  They may still trigger memories. Nevertheless, they’re the stuff of landfills today. Ah, the grand paradox!

Gentry says it all in his work. And it’s a book! Called Obsolete! Get it?

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