I stumbled upon this little gem recently and I remember watching it back in art school. Just wanted to share a little bit of history with you all.
Here is a short tidbit about the video:
Der Lauf Der Dinge was created by artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss in 1987. Their homemade Rube Goldberg machine– constructed inside a 100-foot warehouse and mobilized by fire, water, chemistry and the law of gravity–is a meditation on chance and probability, as well as a hypnotic display of causal relationships.Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfEkPgfA7wo
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