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The History of Concrete, a new documentary film by John Wilson, who one review called “the Werner Herzog of the mundane”. This looks great!

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This episode from the (Great Concept, Great Start, Quickly Flanderized) Surprisingly Awesome podcast did a great job running through some of the basics here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/63mkB2dFEtKAsFuQJs2URa?si=PgzJ138BSLCzNfvl8wdeBg&utm_source=copy-link

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The Social Properties of Concrete:

Concrete is simultaneously an indicator of freedom and development and is an essential part of the carceral apparatus. The Social Properties of Concrete begins from the premise that concrete is as richly social as it is densely material. Just as concrete’s materiality permeates our everyday life, our political projects, social practices, religious concepts, environmental transformations, and ethical questions suffuse concrete structures.

Thx to KDO reader SAJ for sending this along.

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