Opening Malware and lecture Jussi ParikkaOpening Malware and lecture Jussi Parikka

Opening of Malware: Symptoms of Viral Infection, an exhibition about the history and evolution of the computer virus. The opening programme includes a lecture by Finnish media researcher Jussi Parikka starting at 19:00 followed by a festive opening toast and an introduction to the exhibition by the curators at 21:15.

19:00 - 21:00 [lecture by Jussi Parrika](http://Jussi Parikka Jussi Parikka is a Professor at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) and visiting fellow at FAMU, Prague. He is the author of Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses (Peter Lang, 2016, 2nd edition) and co-editor with Tony Sampson of The Spam Book: On Viruses, Porn, and Other Anomalous Objects from the Dark Side of Digital Culture (Hampton Press, 2009).) (writer, media theorist and professor at Winchester School of Art), author of Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses. The working title of his presentation is "Malware as Operational Art: On the If/Then of Geopolitical Weapons".
With a response by Svitlana Matviyenko, co-author of _Cyberwar and Revolution. _Modererated by Marina Otero Verzier

+/- 21:15 Festive toast and short intro to Malware by the curators Bas van de Poel and Marina Otero Verzier, followed by a visit to the exhibition on the third floor.