VIRTUAL ROOM / 1980

Record shop

Vinyl · cassette · CD

1967 SEAT 600 D VEHICLE

1967 SEAT 600 D

A specific vehicle can prompt discussion of mobility and material memory. The available evidence identifies this example at the Salamanca Museum of Automotive History, but provides neither a technical record nor details of its use history.

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The Benz tricycle in the history of the automobile VEHICLE

The Benz tricycle in the history of the automobile

Displaying the exact replica of the 1885 Benz tricycle mentioned by the DGT offers a concrete object through which to present motoring history. The available evidence identifies the object and its presence at the Museo de Historia de la Automoción de Salamanca, but provides no dimensions, materials, or construction details for the replica.

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A console defined by shared specifications CONSOLE

A console defined by shared specifications

The 3DO illustrates an alternative to a console made by a single company: the system was conceived as licensable specifications and had models produced by different manufacturers.

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One platform, several manufacturers CONSOLE

One platform, several manufacturers

An exhibit on 3DO can foreground its distinctive model: a licensable specification set and different versions made by Panasonic, GoldStar, and Sanyo, according to the evidence. It offers a way to explain the relationship between platform design, manufacturing, and hardware distribution without adding undocumented details.

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A console conceived as a format CONSOLE

A console conceived as a format

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer offers a way to present an alternative to the single-company console model: according to the available evidence, its specifications could be licensed and different manufacturers produced models. The exhibit can prompt discussion of platform design, hardware, and commercial circulation without mistaking those facts for a complete history of its game library.

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SEAT 600 D: an artefact of Spanish mobility VEHICLE

SEAT 600 D: an artefact of Spanish mobility

A display focused on the SEAT 600 D, cited among the vehicles at Nave A-122 and described by the sources as part of Spain’s mobility history.

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Lady Gaga's Aesthetics as Cultural Documentation BRAND

Lady Gaga's Aesthetics as Cultural Documentation

Exhibition centered on Lady Gaga to analyze fashion as a social practice and its connection to music, using documentary and academic sources.

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The Sony Walkman and portable listening DEVICE

The Sony Walkman and portable listening

The Walkman, developed by Sony, represented a radical change in the relationship between the individual and music. By allowing private and mobile listening, it transformed music from a social or domestic experience to a personal practice, influencing headphone culture and music consumption during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Sony Walkman: music on the move DEVICE

Sony Walkman: music on the move

A portable stereo player launched by Sony in 1979. Its combination of cassette playback and private listening made it possible to take music beyond the home stereo and helped make personal listening an everyday experience associated with 1980s culture.

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