Preserving what matters.
Independent archive · actively under construction
Documenting how it was done.
Archivo 21 · independent digital preservation and research
A small archive for cultural memory, game research, documentation and reproducible experimentation.
The filing cabinets are open. The catalogue is not finished—and the record of how it is built is part of the work.
- Institution
- Archivo 21
- Current file
- ANHQV–TS2
- State
- Research preview
- Principle
- Evidence before authority
Current project
ANHQV × The Sims 2 Preservation Project
v0.1 Research Preview · early research and pre-alpha reconstruction
Aquí Sims Hay Quien Viva
The project preserves, studies, reconstructs and makes inhabitable the world of Aquí no hay quien viva through The Sims 2.
ANHQV is the cultural subject and emotional centre. The game is the medium, laboratory and simulation system used to rebuild and investigate that world.
Read the project file →Method
Evidence before authority
Observe, question, test, record, review, document and revise.
An honest “I don’t know” is more useful than an invented explanation.
Follow the research route →What lives here
An institutional front door, not a second evidence repository
Clear public introductions to Archivo 21 projects and their current state.
Curated ways into experiments, records and canonical repositories.
Transparent records of who developed the work, how responsibilities are divided and where uncertainty remains.