Archival materials and film stills provide visual and textual perspectives on brick production and use
Comparative analysis links brick processes to other modes of knowledge production like film and writing
Softcover format and compact size for accessible reading and display
English edition with 40 pages, ideal for in-depth study and reference
Summarized by Shop
"I looked for an object that had not changed too much in the past few thousand years. This could have been a shoe or a knife, but a brick becomes part of a building and therefore part of our environment. So the brick appears as something of a poetic object.” – Harun Farocki
The book’s content produces a structure from which we can examine