2000s
Shared Pulse: Photography and Video in the Digital Age
The convergence of workflows and licensing platforms has erased the operational boundaries between still images and sequences, redefining how brands manage their visual narrative.
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Contemporary
Beyond the case: the living archive
The preservation of retro objects evolves towards managing cultural context, where the digital complements physical matter without replacing it.
1970s
Apollo 13 lessons and the Artemis II distance record
The 1970 failure transformed systems engineering and its legacy was rewritten when Artemis II surpassed the maximum distance reached by humans.
1980s
Listening to Leisure in Spain’s Transition
An oral-history project on Spain from 1968 to 1986 places leisure at the heart of everyday life while revealing both the value and the limits of testimony.
Contemporary
The Breathing Archive: The Console as a Cultural System
Beyond the physical shell, video game preservation requires integrating hardware, documentation, and playability. An analysis of the limits and possibilities of contemporary archives.
1990s
The Breathing Archive: Office Software and the Death of Paper
Beyond automation, office software transformed the document from a static object to a continuous flow. An analysis of its cultural and technical impact.
1970s
Fifteen Titles in the Shell: Nintendo's Color TV-Game 15
In 1977, Nintendo and Mitsubishi Electric released a console that integrated fifteen games into its hardware, eliminating the need for cartridges and redefining home gaming comfort in Japan.
1970s
1977 and the “Trinity”: Why Three Computers Help Tell the Story of the PC’s Birth
The phrase “Trinity of 1977” groups the Apple II, Commodore PET and TRS-80. Rather than automatically crowning them as “the first,” it offers a way to examine how the personal-computer market began to consolidate during the 1970s—and why historical labels require caution.
1950s
When paper became an instruction
Perforated tape turned a strip of paper into a medium that could guide machines and carry data. Its passage from typesetting to early computers reveals a technical continuity, though some details of that history call for caution.
1980s
The Apple IIc and the promise of domestic portability
An analysis of the Apple IIc through its compact design and 1984 advertising context, distinguishing documented facts from the limitations of available sources.
1970s
When the Magnavox Odyssey brought games to the television
Sold from 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey turned the household television into a place to play. Its limitations and accessories reveal a stage before modern game cartridges.
1980s
The Music Contained in a MIDI Instruction
MIDI is often mistaken for digital sound, yet it carries musical instructions and events. Since its official presentation in 1983, that distinction has shaped how instruments coordinate and how digital music production is understood.
