Virus, 2001

Installation: duratrans, plexiglass, two lightboxes, 36" x 24".

Exhibited at Southfirst.
New York, US. January 2001.

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"Virus exhibits four notorious computer codes – I Love You, Michelangelo, Stoned and Melissa. Each green and black light box displays the full script of a virus that infected computers across the world and became legendary prototypes for increasingly sophisticated methods of protection and encryption. Legible as physical windows into the world of hackers and indexes of fear of the intangible assailants, these works mark the first time computer viruses were exhibited and are by Southfirst (Florian Altenburg, Perry Chen, Maika Pollack)." - Gallery text