The Way Things Go (1987)

Overview : Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.

Release Date : June 1, 1987

Runtime : 30m

Genre : Documentary  

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Countries : Switzerland

Keywords : garbage, experiment, rube goldberg, drawing and painting, visual arts