Viruses Found (2) is the second in the two-part West Space Window series by artists in residence at Yarra Youth Services.
With this installation, artist collective 2 Halves as A Whole reject the idea of the 'Woke Mind Virus', a term popularised by Elon Musk to discredit social justice, collective care, and dissent. Reframing this rhetoric through the visual and linguistic logic of cybersecurity, hoax malware, and networked systems, the artists seek to expose the way power pathologises ideology to maintain control.
Central to the installation is the digital work, RabbitHole.wmv, depicting a colourful computer virus infecting X with dancing baloney and rabbit-infested code - playfully disarming reactionary moral panic that recasts human rights as an absurd viral threat.
2 Halves as A Whole is viewable in the West Space Window at Collingwood Yards until March 17, 2026.
