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29 Apr 2012

David Weiss Died


Art in America has confirmed that David Weiss of the artist duo Fischli/Weiss has died at age 66.

Weiss’s New York gallery Matthew Marks confirmed the news. The gallery’s director said that he had been undergoing treatment for cancer since last September.
Fischli/Weiss are best known for their 1987 work, The Way Things Go. That piece is a chain reaction of objects in their studio that begins with a tire rolling down a series of ramps, knocking down a ladder, which then sends a candle resting on wheels to light a fuse, which in turn explodes, lights a puddle of oil on fire and so forth.
The pair began collaborating in 1979. Weiss lived and worked in Zurich.

The Way Things Go

22 Mar 2012

Jake's Parrot

When Jake Stevens goes to work for some months in Ireland, he feels happy. He loves travelling, and talking about his job - making computer games for BananaTech in America. 'Your new game's going to be the best thing at the Irish Computer Games Show!' people at BananaTech Ireland tell him. But living with a noisy parrot isn't easy, and when Jake asks the most beautiful girl at work out to dinner, she says 'no'. Then someone steals Jake's game the night before the show. Who - or what - can help him to get it back?
The video we watched in class