{"id":4882,"date":"2012-12-12T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2013-01-07T10:08:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:08:16","slug":"lost-archives-the-decline-of-paper-the-rise-of-the-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/lost-archives-the-decline-of-paper-the-rise-of-the-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Archives: The Decline of Paper, The Rise of the PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fabio_LostArchive.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4887\" title=\"Fabio_LostArchive\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fabio_LostArchive.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fabio_LostArchive.gif 585w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fabio_LostArchive-150x150.gif 150w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Fabio_LostArchive-580x580.gif 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThrough his series <em>Lost Archives<\/em>, Fabio Sassi explores the deterioration of the fairytale world of paper due to the rise of the pdf.\u00a0The stacks of paper remind us of the long evolution from clay tablet to printing press to computer screen.\u00a0Fabio Sassi has had several experiences in music, photography and writing. He has been a visual artist since 1990 making acrylics using the stenciling technique on canvas, board, old vinyl records and other media. Fabio uses logos, icons, tiny objects and shades to create weird perspectives. \u00a0Many of his subjects are inspired by a paradox, either real or imaginary, and by the news. He lives in Bologna, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>His work can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com\/\">www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4897\" title=\"01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/01-580x860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/01-580x860.jpg 580w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/01.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4898\" title=\"02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/02-580x861.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/02-580x861.jpg 580w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/02.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4899\" title=\"03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/03-580x794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/03-580x794.jpg 580w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/03.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4900\" title=\"04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/04-580x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/04-580x371.jpg 580w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/04.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through his series Lost Archives, Fabio Sassi explores the deterioration of the fairytale world of paper due to the rise of the pdf. The stacks of paper remind us of the long evolution from clay tablet to printing press to computer screen. Fabio Sassi has had several experiences in music, photography and writing. He has been a visual artist since 1990 making acrylics using the stenciling technique on canvas, board, old vinyl records and other media. Fabio uses logos, icons, tiny objects and shades to create weird perspectives.  Many of his subjects are inspired by a paradox either real or imaginary and by the news. He lives in Bologna, Italy. His work can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com\/\">www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":4887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4882"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4894,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions\/4894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}