From art to fashion, culture to sport, design to cinema and science to photography, Archivio exists on the principle that there are no barriers on what belongs between its pages. This launch issue is themed around ‘challenge’.

In the words of its editors, Archivio maintains “[the] ability to watch everything from a contemporary point of view, because what archives can teach us is how memory becomes future.”

In this issue:

• Russian youth subcultures
• The visual poetry of Joan Brossa
• The mysterious visit of Mr. Babbage
• Freak show: 10 weird archives
• Operation Nostalgia: Conserve the Sound
• The whimsy inspirations of Sylvano Bussotti

Issue 4 of Archivio is available here