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, a self destructing performance of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely-crafted chaos worthy of Rube Goldberg or Alfred Hitchcock.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
13 February 2005
ACMI Screen Gallery
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1001850
Subject category
Digital Art
Object Types
Artwork
Materials
Single channel moving image
Holdings
VHS [PAL]; Copy
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
DVD [PAL]; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
DVD [PAL]; Exhibition Copy
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan