Sculpture & Combined Media
Maria McSweeney
The Vagabond Virus (35mm film and cyanotype animation)
A mysterious virus has entered Limerick city. It is nicknamed The Vagabond virus due to its travelling nature. It has infected society in two ways, while it infects humans it also infects the digital world. It is a computer virus. The virus needs human hosts to survive, and latches onto vulnerable humans. It takes on the human form and causes them to behave strangely. The genetic DNA of the virus is secreted onto the body of the host. This is made up of a cyanotype blueprint of the space itself and the actions the host is performing.
The virus has manifested on our planet as it can see the consequences the technological age will have on society itself. This virus was created to crash all digital technology. It makes the humans who are consumed by this technological society interact with the structures around them. It causes them to appreciate this real urban jungle and not the virtual worlds that consume them.
Maria McSweeney has recorded some of the chaos that is inflicting the people of Limerick city. Due to the crash in digital technology this work can only be shown in analogue form.