array III

Installation: approximately 15 1/2 x 28 x 1 3/4 inches (39.4 x 71.1 x 4.4 cm)
Two, white, wall-mounted cases, each 15 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (39.4 x 32.4 x 4.4 cm), with each containing 99 acrylic-painted wooden cubes that have been hand embossed with a number and with each cube being 7/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 inches (2.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm) (198 cubes total)
Signed and dated on back of one case in graphite

At first, in left case, 99 white cubes, placed algorithmically randomly “1” through “99”; in right shelf, 99 black cubes, placed in order “1” through “99”, left-to-right, top-to-down.

Working instructions:
“Place black cubes on left shelf in random order. Place white cubes on right shelf in order.
When all black cubes reach left shelf: Place white cubes on left shelf in random order. Place black cubes on right shelf in order.
When all white cubes reach left shelf: Place black cubes on left shelf in random order. Place white cubes on right shelf in order.…
If unsure in what direction cubes are moving, choose.”

Notes:
Instructions as much part of installation as other elements
Audience does not always follow instructions/interprets instructions; this is part of the art.
(Inventory #33674)