The Pararchive Project

A.J. Dellinger writes about how “the Malware Museum gives users the opportunity to experience viruses from the 1980s and 1990s.”

In considering archives and collections, we’ve generally been exploring digital simulcra of real artefacts and those that are ‘born digital’. However, some artefacts are not only intrinsically digital, but also inhabit a intersection of shapeshifting networks and adaptive interpretations. Software artefacts in particular can only be considered in relation to hardware platforms, programming languages and notably versions and iterations.…