You Are A Virus – Continuous Cycle /
A meditative video installation exploring time, transmission, and suffering, You Are a Virus loops a live‑recorded Buddha back onto itself — a continuous cycle reflecting humanity’s role as both creator and carrier of its own suffering.
Origin
You Are a Virus began as an experiment during the pandemic. While recording a solitary Buddha, a television murmured quietly in the background. It wasn’t until a year later, while editing, that I uncovered a faint narrator’s voice speaking about viruses. What might have been erased instead became integral — an accidental echo of unseen cycles, of transmission across time. Agent Smith’s voice was later layered in, expanding the dialogue between image, sound, and meaning.
Concept
The installation draws on Zeno’s arrow paradox: time as a chain of still, durationless moments that, when accumulated, create the illusion of movement. Here, the Buddha becomes both still and endlessly in motion — present, past, and projected toward infinity.
Installation
A live camera records the Buddha while a projector loops the image back onto itself, creating a recursive visual feedback. Reflections fold into reflections, transforming the figure into a living metaphor for existence as a continuous cycle.
Reflection
The pandemic reframes an old truth: “humanity itself is the cause of its own suffering.” You Are a Virus invites viewers to consider their role in these cycles — as creators, carriers, and witnesses to their endless return.
