CÉLINE BRUNKO - BETON In BETON Céline Bruno observe the material we live on while contemplating a possible future scenario in a non-human world, where materials are the main protagonists. Prefabricated industrial goods serve as a reminder of the rise of apocalyptic myths of radical breakthroughs and the emergence of the „new man.“   The architect Rudolf Schindler called Los Angeles a paradise on earth, and he considered it the ideal environment for the next stage of truly modern architecture. With the new possibilities and approaches in modern architecture, came the ever-increasing demand for standardization and optimized use of materials, including concrete. Today we are aware that concrete is one of the most CO2 emitting materials used in the construction industry. In the Los Angeles suburb of Irwindale lies the largest aggregate mining area in the state, if not the nation. The area is “so full of holes that more of the land in the city is a pit than not”. DYLAN RICARDS- REMIX REMIX is a rumination on the beauty of a mass of knotty poppy colored plastic washed up on shore in the morning tide, moving in and out with the waves as a loop, as a breath. From a distance an object like this can be a metaphor for mass ecological devastation and symbolic of everything wrong with us as a species. But if you can get past these moral binaries and let yourself peer into the in between space to its murkiness and complexity, you may witness a vibrant ecosystem, churning and ever transforming.