Mr. Saul's Virus
Video, 2012
This was part of Mr. Saul's Digital Utopia, shot over 26 Sundays in 2012.
TEXT:
Hello
I am speaking today not to all of you but to one person in particular, you know who you are.
I know that the youth of today, especially those who have not had the moral guidance of a father such as me, Mr. Saul, will at times live under the misapprehension that humour is to be found through the purposeful and willful violation of another without mutual consent. It is not that I, Mr. Saul, lack a sense of humour. Once, in my own days of youth, I replaced the egg to be whipped for the Sunday guest's flan by my mother, the previous generation's Mrs. Saul, with one which was Hard Boiled. After accepting my written apology, we all laughed heartily. But when Trevor from the phone-in help desk informed me that my personal computer was likely infected with a virus, I became agitated to such an extent that I stamped my foot! How this infection transpired remains clouded in mystery. One would need to know tha t I keep a spare key to my house below the red rock beside my front step, and that my federally approved alarm system code is one, one, one, one. And thusly, with security so intricately constructed, the conclusion that the intrusion and subsequent spreading of anonymous destructive agents into the silicon chip based micro processor had been instigated by someone with intimate knowledge of me, Mr. Saul, must be true. Trevor's advice required extensive working with strangers. My solution is to ask you, the perpetrator of this supposed prank, to return to the scene of your criminal activity and remove this unwanted material. Please do so this evening before nine PM. The sidewalk is wet so you will need to remove your overshoes.
Thank you.