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Der Lauf der Dinge (1987) VHS cover

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jan 22nd, 2022. Artwork published in
circa 1990
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Der Lauf der Dinge (1987) VHS cover
Collection of Roland Früh. License: All Rights Reserved.

Gravity, fire, explosions: Shatter is the typeface chosen for Der Lauf der Dinge. Known in English as The Way Things Go, the iconic film by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss was a public highlight of the documenta 8 exhibition in 1987, and is on permanent exhibition in the MoMA. This VHS edition was published by DuMont around 1990.

See a snippet of the 30 minute film below:

[More info on IMDb]

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