CASCADE #1

Export Control engages themes of digital sovereignty, surveillance, and resistance by securely embedding encrypted historical computer viruses into contemporary PNG artworks. Cascade contains the 1980s-era Cascade virus, an early MS-DOS malware famous for its visual disruption - letters cascading down infected screens. Amadon's piece recontextualizes this disruptive force, turning it into a conceptual exploration of digital fragility and the hidden dangers residing within technological systems. The embedded virus binary is securely encrypted, inert, and poses no functional risk.