The way things go

Inside a warehouse, artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss build an enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long made from common household items - tea kettles, tyres, old shoes, balloons, wooden ramps, etc. Then with fire, water, gravity and chemistry, they create a spectacular chain reaction, a self-destructing performance of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely crafted chaos worthy of Rube Goldberg or Alfred Hitchcock.

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"Cours des choses"
"Way things go"@en
"Way things go"
"Der Lauf der Dinge"
"Way things go / ein film von Peter Fischli, David Weiss ; ton, Dieter Lengacher ; mischung, Florian Eidenbenz ; geräusche, Willi Kluth ; produktion, Hans-Ulrich Jordi, Marcel Hoehn ; eine produktion der Alfred Richterich"
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"A chain reaction of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction in a kinetic art installation by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss."
"In einer Lagerhalle wird ein labiles Gebäude aufebaut. Dieses wird in Bewegung gesetzt, eine Kettenreaktion läuft ab. Feuer, Wasser, Schwerkraft und Chemie bestimmen den Lauf der Gegenstände, der Dinge."
"In einer Lagerhalle wurde mit verschiedenen Gegenständen ein labiles Gebäude aufgebaut, linear, 20 bis 30 Meter lang. Wird dieses in Bewegung gesetzt, läuft eine Kettenreaktion ab."
"A dustbin bag slowly comes into motion. Result: an absurd and exciting chain reaction in which fire, water, gravity and chemistry decide the course of events. Fischli and Weiss create a universe of things by making them relate to each other in different ways and allowing to operate individually. At the same time, they question their own grasp of the subject. The Fischli and Weiss approach is a play between power and importance, between a systematic order and recognition of the autonomy of things themselves."
"Inside a warehouse, artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss build an enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long made from common household items - tea kettles, tyres, old shoes, balloons, wooden ramps, etc. Then with fire, water, gravity and chemistry, they create a spectacular chain reaction, a self-destructing performance of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely crafted chaos worthy of Rube Goldberg or Alfred Hitchcock."@en
""Fischli and Weiss built in a warehouse an instable system of everyday things. A dustbin bag slowly comes into motion. Result: an absurd and exciting chain reaction in which fire, water, gravity and chemistry decide the course of events."--Container."
"A chain reaction of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion, and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction in a kinetic art installation by Swiss artists Peter Fischili and David Weiss."
"A chain reaction created inside a warehouse of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction."@en
""Der Lauf Der Dinge (Le Cours des Choses) a été tourné en 16 mm en 1987 par les artistes Suisse Peter Fischli et David Weiss. Un sac-poubelle se met lentement en mouvement ... le résultat : une réaction en chaîne absurde et excitante dans laquelle le feu, l'eau, la gravitation et la chimie vont déterminer le cours des événements. Fischli et Weiss créent individuellement un univers d'objets en les mettant en relation entre eux de différentes manières afin de les faire fonctionner ensemble. Ainsi un récit, ayant pour seul sujet les causes et les conséquences, naît ; les mécanismes et l'art, les improbabilités et la précision. L'approche de Fischli & Weiss se présente comme un jeu entre le pouvoir et l'impotence, entre un ordonnancement systématique et la reconnaissance de l'autonomie "des choses.""
"Documentaire. Dans un entrepôt, les artistes Peter Fischli et David Weiss, connus comme humoristes dans les arts visuels, ont construit une structure fragile d'une centaine de pieds avec des objets usuels: chaussures, bouteilles, pneus, sacs de vidange, ballons, etc. En utilisant le feu, l'eau, la gravité, des gaz, etc., les artistes produisent une spectaculaire réaction en chaîne de mouvements des objets."
"Film muet. Dans un entrepôt, les artistes Peter Fischli et David Weiss, connus comme humoristes dans les arts visuels, ont construit une structure fragile d'une centaine de pieds avec des objets usuels: chaussures, bouteilles, pneus, sacs de vidange, ballons, etc. En utilisant le feu, l'eau, la gravité, des gaz, etc., les artistes produisent une spectaculaire réaction en chaîne de mouvements des objets."
"A real-time video showing a chain reaction of immense proportions, all powered by natural forces - steam, gravity, friction, sublimation, and fire."@en
"Inside a warehouse, artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss build an enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long made out of common household items: tea kettles, tires, old shoes, balloons, wooden ramps, etc. Then, with fire, water, gravity and chemistry, they create a spectacular chain reaction."@en
"Swiss artists Peter Fischili and David Weiss set in motion a chain reaction along a one-hudred-foot assembly of common household objects."
"A chain reaction of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction."
"A chain reaction of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction."@en
"In een pakhuis worden alledaagse voorwerpen omgebouwd tot instabiele constructies, die in beweging worden gezet."
"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."@en
"Reacción en cadena sobre objetos que aplica principios de causa y efecto, gravedad, química, agua, propulsión a gas y propagación de vectores."
"The film by the Swiss-born artists, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, is a video installation piece capturing the movement of physical and chemical objects & their reaction upon each other."
""Installation by artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss investigates mechanics and motion in a construction of found objects, water, chemicals and fire""
"Dans un entrepôt, une structure peu stable de 20 ou 30 mètres de long a été construite à partir de différents matériaux. Si l'on met cette structure en action, une réaction en chaîne se produit. Le feu, l'eau, la pesanteur et la chimie déterminent le cycle de vie des objets et des choses. C'est ainsi que commence une histoire sur les causes et les effets, les mécanismes et l'art, l'improbabilité et la précision."
"Artists Fischli and Weiss build an enormous structure out of household items. Then, the structure comes to life in a large-scale chain reaction that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion, and vector propagation."
"In a warehouse, a precarious structure 20-30 metres long was constructed from various items. When set in motion, a chain reaction ensues. Fire, water, gravity and chemistry determine the life-cycle of objects and things. So begins a story about cause and effect, mechanism and art, improbability and precision."