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2. Peter Fischli & David Weiss - Wikipedia

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   Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) was born in Zurich. David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012) grew up as the son of a parish priest and a teacher. After discovering a passion for jazz at the age of 16, he enrolled in a foundation course at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich, where in his first year of study he befriended fellow artist Urs Lüthi.

3. Rock on Top of Another Rock - Wikipedia

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   Director Hans-Ulrich Obrist has been enthusiastic about Fischli and Weiss' work since seeing their photographic exhibition, Equilibres/Quiet Afternoon, which was created in 1984 and is still on display at the gallery.

4. The Way Things Go - Wikipedia

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   The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a 1987 16 mm [1] art film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss.It documents a long causal chain assembled of everyday objects and industrial materials in the manner of a Rube Goldberg machine, though without the trope of accomplishing a relatively mundane task at the end.

5. Cog (advertisement) - Wikipedia

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   Shortly after Cog appeared on television, Wieden+Kennedy received a letter from Peter Fischli and David Weiss, creators of the 1987 art film Der Lauf der Dinge. The film was well known in the advertising industry and its creators had been approached several times with offers for the right to use the concept, but had always declined.

6. Accidentalism (art) - Wikipedia

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   For their contribution to the 1995 Venice Biennale, at which they represented Switzerland, Fischli/Weiss exhibited 96 hours of video on 12 monitors that documented what they called "concentrated daydreaming"—real-time glimpses into daily life in Zürich: a mountain sunrise, a restaurant chef in his kitchen, sanitation workers, a bicycle race ...

7. Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park - Wikipedia

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   The park opened 10 August 2012, as part of a £20 million development plan for Tjuvholmen. [2] It consists of seven pieces of art created by notable international contemporary artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Ellsworth Kelly, Ugo Rondinone, and Franz West. [3]

8. David Weiss - Wikipedia

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   David Was (born 1952), stage name of David Weiss, American musician and producer; Science and academia ... David Weiss (1946–2012), of duo Peter Fischli & David ...

9. 50th Venice Biennale - Wikipedia

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   Prizewinners of the 50th Biennale included: Michelangelo Pistoletto and Carol Rama (lifetime achievement), Peter Fischli and David Weiss (best work shown), Oliver Payne and Nick Relph (best young artist), Avish Khebrehzadeh (best young Italian female artist), Luxembourg with Su-Mei Tse (best national participation). [2]