There is an exhibition in prison. It is called CRACK.

Just a Simple Algorithm
Daphna Westerman
Sixteen stones divided into four groups of four are placed on a table in
a prison cell. One stone is being picked up from the upper-left side of
the upper-left group. The stone is put in a mouth. The mouth is sucking
the stone. A stone from the upper-left side of the lower-left group is
being picked up and put in the place where the first stone was. A stone
from the upper-left side of the lower-right group is being picked up and
put in the place where the second picked-up stone had been. A stone
from the upper-left side of the upper-right group is being picked up and
put in the place of the third picked-up stone. The first stone is taken out
of the mouth and put on the upper-left side of the upper-right group.
The algorithm has been chosen.
The mind will be disciplined.
The order will be kept.
Just a Simple Algorithm was inspired by Samuel Beckett’s novel Molloy.
Following Molloy, who tried to find a systematic way of sucking stones
in the correct order while they were divided into four groups of four
in each of his pockets,
I tried to continue the algorithm so as to maintain the order.
During the performance, the audience was invited to write
a “Performance Protocol” and to document the happening.
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