Virus Corp allows the visitor to unleash a pseudo-virus, in the form of an animated creature (Virus Corp), on a corporate website of their choice. The creature is 'in-CORP-orated' in both interpretations of the word; having a physical body and being legally (omnipotently) incorporated. The creature's design is influenced by the Shishi Gami (Great Forest Spirit/the God of Life and Death) from Hayo Miyazaki's anime feature 'Princess Mononoke'. In the film Shishi Gami dwells in a glade deep in the forest. With each step all life blooms beneath him, only to dissipate immediately. He is revered as the giver and taker of life. These corporations which act as gods with omnipotent rights due to their financial assets have met a new foe: Virus Corp symbolically goes head to head with the virtual representations of corporations on the internet.
Full Description
Virus Corp allows the visitor to unleash a pseudo-virus, in the form of an animated creature (Virus Corp), on a corporate website of their choice. The creature is 'in-CORP-orated' in both interpretations of the word; having a physical body and being legally (omnipotently) incorporated. The creature's design is influenced by the Shishi Gami (Great Forest Spirit/the God of Life and Death) from Hayo Miyazaki's anime feature 'Princess Mononoke'. In the film Shishi Gami dwells in a glade deep in the forest. With each step all life blooms beneath him, only to dissipate immediately. He is revered as the giver and taker of life. These corporations which act as gods with omnipotent rights due to their financial assets have met a new foe: Virus Corp symbolically goes head to head with the virtual representations of corporations on the internet.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2001
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Apr 16th, 2003
- Original Url: http://www.studioxx.org/coprods/tara/
- Permalink: http://www.studioxx.org/coprods/tara/
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Work Credits:
- Tara Bethune, creator
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