Multicoloured balls move around like atoms, pushed and kicked by the feet of passers-by. Each colours has its origin, its zone which represents the initial state. Slowly they mix, create formations and sequences. The original structure falls apart into a visual chaos, resulting in fluid stream of chroma or a haphazard organisation. The balls obstruct the path as visitors meander through the gallery space, making collision inevitable and the visitor into a participant. They are asked to restore the order by returning as much balls as they can carry to their respective initial zone. However, this proces further deteriorates said order, since they are forced to manoeuvre through the mass. 

Simultaneously, a set of computer simulations of the same concept is presented alongside the tangible installation. They function according to a set of rules governing the movement of the virtual visitors and balls. Visualising a digital and theoretical parallel, and in direct link to the reality, the simulations demonstrate the gap in correlation between the virtual and the analog. 

20.000! is a collaborative project by the students of the ‘Meandering Through Space’ seminar at  Bauhaus University. It was initiated by professor Martin Schneider and artist Lodewijk Heylen. For the duration of one semester the course has examined the relation between the computerised and existential perception of space and movement.