The Way Things Go

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 dominolike chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices Fire water the laws of gravity and chemistry determine the lifecycle 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