Troika, Reality Is Not Always Probable, 2025

2025

Medium

7mm 3.977 colored dice

Dimensions

20 × 20 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156282

“Reality is Not Always Probable” are wall objects with a lopsided wave-shaped pattern, a result of thousands of dice, upon and beside one another. Based on Troika's interest in the relationship between chance and control, the work represents the materialization of a computer simulation. The algorithm, which is based on the model of the cellular automaton, generates random systems, the starting point of which is determined by Troika. The order of dice in each row determines that of the next, creating complex sequences that are based on the binary principle if the dice show a one or a six. „Reality is Not Always Probable“ refer to the metaphorical use of dice as a means of determining fate, chance and luck. The roll of the dice is based on the laws of probability, to which the process of the algorithm, which provides for precise calculations, runs contrary. Troika illustrates the penetration of everyday reality by computer-based systems that calculate predictions and thus influence individual behavior.