Toni santos is a cultural storyteller and media history researcher devoted to reviving the hidden narratives of obsolete media cultures and forgotten digital formats. With a lens focused on vanished technologies, Gabriel explores how past communities created, shared, and ritualized media — treating it not just as information, but as a vessel of meaning, identity, and memory.
Fascinated by defunct formats, lost platforms, and extinct distribution methods, Gabriel’s journey passes through analog archives, digital ruins, and the relics of media practices long abandoned or overlooked. Each story he tells is a meditation on the power of media to connect, transform, and preserve cultural expression across time.
Blending media archaeology, cultural history, and narrative research, Gabriel investigates the devices, platforms, and media ecosystems that once shaped communities — uncovering how obsolete formats reveal rich tapestries of belief, creativity, and technological imagination. His work honors the studios, labs, and living rooms where media culture thrived quietly, often beyond the spotlight of mainstream history.
His work is a tribute to:
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The cultural significance of vanished media formats
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The beauty of forgotten technologies and creative practices
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The timeless connection between media, community, and memory
Whether you are passionate about retro tech, intrigued by media archaeology, or drawn to the symbolic power of obsolete formats, Gabriel invites you on a journey through archives and artifacts — one device, one format, one story at a time.
