Is it still possible to tell the difference between real concrete and a 3D printed reproduction? Perhaps the question we should be asking is - does it even matter anymore? When concrete enters into the screen it is re-born. Liberated from its own failed history, it is free to acquire an alternative future. It is compressed and downloaded until it loses information, it becomes unstable; it is vibrant matter. It becomes entangled in a complex network of duplications, distorting and destabilising the original; shifting our understanding of truth and reality - if we can still recognise reality.

RE-USE /// RE-PURPOSE /// RE-IMAGINE /// RE-CLAIM  

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Digitised concrete fragments from the Birmingham Central Library (1974-2016). Each download contains three files - an .obj, .mtl and a .jpeg. Import into Blender, or an alternative 3D modelling software, and let the fun begin... 

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RE-USE /// RE-PURPOSE /// RE-IMAGINE /// RE-CLAIM