Floors 1 and 2: For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and fingers), 2010 HD video installation (color, stereo sound), continuous play 2 HD video sources, 2 HD video projectors, 4 speakers dimensions variable SW 10313

A video and sound installation featuring two large, stacked projections of the artist’s hands, which are set against either a black or white backdrop, and projected either right-side up, or upside down. The movement of Nauman’s hands is in response to verbal instructions provided by his recorded voice. Nauman systematically lists all possible combinations of the four fingers and the thumb. There are 31 different combinations for each hand. Each video source is synchronized with its respective audio feed – but the two video loops (and their respective audio feeds) are not synchronized… resulting in many combinations.

Floor 1, east room: Studio Mix, 2010 HD video installation (color, stereo sound), continuous play 1 HD video source, 1 HD video projector, 1 suspended rear projection panel, 2 hidden speakers Edition of 3 SW 10316

A video and sound piece which combines elements from all the works in the exhibition in a single installation. A video of Nauman’s two hands enacting all the possible combinations of the four fingers and the thumb – in life size scale – is projected on a rear projection screen. The video is accompanied by three sound elements: (1) Nauman’s verbal instructions for all possible combinations of the four fingers and the thumb; (2) the piano played and recorded in response to Nauman’s verbal instructions for all possible combinations of the four fingers and the thumb; and (3) Nauman speaking the words “For Children,” “For Children,” “For Children,” repeatedly.

Floor 3: For Children, 2010 audio installation (stereo sound), continuous play 4 hidden speakers dimensions variable SW 10314

A sound installation within a room. Nauman speaks the words “For Children,” “For Children,” “For Children,” repeatedly.

Moving Room: For Beginners (instructed piano), 2010 audio installation (stereo sound), continuous play performed by Terry Allen 2 hidden speakers SW 10315

A sound installation within a room. To record the sound for this piece, a pianist listened to Nauman’s verbal instructions for all the possible combinations of the four fingers and the thumb, and moved his fingers on a piano keyboard in response. The instructions were played to the pianist via headphones, and the pianist played the instructions while keeping both of his hands in the same place at middle c of the piano keyboard. The sound was recorded in six tracks, which Nauman then stacked and mixed into a twenty minute loop.