Der lauf der dinge /
Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss created an enormous Rube Goldberg-like mechanism/art installation out of cast-off household objects, ramps, old tires and chemicals. The contraption's function was to destroy itself in a lengthy and spectacular chain reaction; the video itself is the...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | German |
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[Brooklyn, New York] :
[Distributed by] Icarus Films,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Docuseek) |
| Summary: | Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss created an enormous Rube Goldberg-like mechanism/art installation out of cast-off household objects, ramps, old tires and chemicals. The contraption's function was to destroy itself in a lengthy and spectacular chain reaction; the video itself is the visual record of the art/machine's half-hour performance. This German physics-fest is powered by natural forces - steam, gravity, friction, sublimation, fire and illustrates the kind of hijinks one suspects go on in the basement of the Physics Building when overworked graduate students have had a few too many Twinkies. There is no narration, no soundtrack, no living, breathing creature of any sort - just household items spinning, spilling, and spewing all over the place, accompanied by a very German aesthetic. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Originally produced by: T & C Film AG, ©1987; previously released in 1988. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (31 min.) : sound, color |
| Audience: | 7 and up. |
| Production Credits: | Kamera, Pio Corradi ; schnitt [editing], Rainer M. Trinkler, Mirjam Krakenberger. |