The first public appearance and exhibition of the Virus Dice project took place at PIXELvienna 2020 in the curated exhibition titled "Corona and Climate Change". A teaser of the project's main visuals - dice and the SARS-CoV-2 virus was presented.
Knowledge of life, which we cannot see with the naked eye, is
essential for survival and increased awareness is urgently required. The
“Virus Dice” project will make connections visible using innovative
visual and interactive means. In the project a central issue is a
certain feeling for chance as well as the fuzziness and uncertainty that
lies behind probability information. Visitors take on the role of a SARS-Covid-2 virus and can stochastically receive different scenarios.
Virus spread depends on many factors, but it is important to reduce the
likelihood of serious infections.
The teaser shows one shot of the “Virus Dice” project. You can see a
corona virus that is blocked with ACE-2 molecules (APN01 medicine), but
one of these molecules is kicked away again – by a cube, as a symbol for
the randomness and the interaction in the upcoming art installation.
Because one spike is not blocked with ACE-2, the virus can dock onto the
cell membrane – end of the shot.
