Adam Chodzko’s 'The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads' (2024) is a science fiction audio walk (via headphones), in and around the rapidly and radically changing environment of Northfleet, Kent; A journey of strange inward and outward transformations.
As its audience moves along a specific route within this landscape the accompanying ‘virtual reality’ soundtrack guides perceptions of newly emerging relationships between place, mind and body through its composition of vocal narration, instructions, music, sound effects, props and performers. Moving backwards and forwards through time 'The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads' suggests that our recent collective experiences has shifted our sense of reality;
We have become more highly tuned! We now perceive our networks of relationships with greater clarity! This is a rare moment ( sadly, it might pass ) that we have been given (as a gift!) to explore. Let’s create this exercise, this meditation, in a unique place. The only place where it can evolve: Here!
As we try to head out into the world again 'The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads' attempts to re-calibrate us for this exploration. Exploring in the collective imaginary a ‘cement-ality’ evolved through shared experiences of the pandemic and channelled through the earth beneath this landscape, The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads attempts to create a utopian garden-city of new consciousness.

An earlier version of the work evolved over the first half of 2021, during the pandemic and Northfleet’s final phase of limbo, until the property developers’ diggers moved in to erase the last traces of its cement industry, mutating the identity of its community.
Each experience of the walk is different as the radical transformations of landscape escalate hour by hour. Many of the narrative’s visual references to features of the site, that existed only a week beforehand, suddenly became buried under piles of rubble, as though the bulldozers are somehow demolishing the audio’s truths, turning them to fiction. The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads is a method of preserving the disappearing within the collective memory of its audience, who become the custodians of the soul of the Northfleet landscape. Through attempting to weave a mythology that reveals the inherent beauty, wonder and mystery of a place – its ‘character’ – rooted in its strange and fluid realities it creates a form of resistance to the massive property development project surrounding it; Ebbsfleet Garden City, new-build ‘communities’ currently sorely devoid of character.
Through attempting to combine multiple empathic attentions into a single guide for very different bodies and minds The Mysterious Return of the Fleet Spring Heads is itself made up of the appearance of a single (female) voice that is constantly changing its place and time:

This new 2024 version is commissioned by Cement Fields. https://cementfields.org/

Credits:
Voice:  Leanne Henlon 
Sound editing: Tim Barker, (Radio Obscura)
Music: Steph Horak  SheIsRevolting. https://soundcloud.com/sheisrevolting
Thanks to: Northfleet Big Local (Mandi Knight and Julie Collins).

And thanks to Jon Davis, Sam Taylor and Amelia Sharp at Cement Fields.

For the earlier 2021 version see; 
www.adamchodzko.com/works/the-retur…ing-heads-2021/ 
See a video version on Vimeo: vimeo.com/554934656

"The Mysterious Return Of The Fleet Spring Heads" - (2024).  Adam Chodzko.

Tea Table

Krepek: https://soundcloud.com/lilkrepek 
also it had some vocals but they ended up sounding like shit :fire:

i eat cement(prod. Xen + Krepek)

Cement Creek

this song is just a shitty cover i dont own the original song!!!
ig - /xenvavie :3

Alternatywki Prosze Zróbcie Już Coś Ze Mną

In this episode of "Cementing Europe’s Future," Dr. Fragkoulis Kanavaris from Arup discusses how the European cement industry can reduce embodied carbon in buildings, focusing on innovative design strategies and optimised concrete mixes. Arup's recent study provides key insights into achieving significant carbon reductions while maintaining concrete's essential benefits such as durability and energy efficiency.

Arup Study Findings: Reducing Embodied Carbon and Concrete's Footprint

In this episode of "Cementing Europe’s Future," we explore how concrete carbonation is reshaping CO2 emission reporting. Tomas Gustafsson from the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute provides insights into the challenges and opportunities of incorporating carbonation into guidelines and national emissions inventories, and the broader implications of these developments. Tune in to discover how carbonation could influence future greenhouse gas reporting standards and lead to more accurate reporting.

Concrete Carbonation: Shaping the Future of Carbon Removal and Emission Reporting

Prisão De Cimento Escolar

fuck that slut

coems 🤑
ig - https://www.instagram.com/xenvavie

lovesong003

lovesong003 (prod. pipe bomb)

Chris Holman welcomes Jeffrey Scott, Plant Manager Alpena Cement Plant at Holcim US, INC. Alpena, Michigan.

Chris had several things he wanted to find out in the conversation: Welcome Jeff, remind the Michigan business community about Alpena Cement Plant at Holcim?

How long have you served with the company, and what's changed over those years?

So you recently won the 2024 Inaugural Manufacturing Sustainability Award Winner powered by Consumers Energy from MMA, the Michigan Manufacturers Association tell us about that?

How is your company keeping up with and innovating manufacturing?

How do you leverage the services of MMA during the year?

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About the Manufacturing Excellence Awards
For more than a century, the manufacturing industry has propelled Michigan forward – through good times and in challenging times. In the 21st century, our legacy champions of industry and our next generation of innovators are collaborating to drive Michigan into a future that will continue to shape our collective fortunes, our state’s economy, the communities we serve, our individual businesses, and our families’ livelihoods.

2024 Winners
John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturer of the Year – Large Tier
John Macchia, Jr. • Advance Turning and Manufacturing (Jackson)

John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturer of the Year – Small Tier
Nathan Cox • Cox Machine LLC (Traverse City)

Coolest Thing Made in Michigan Powered by Endeavor IT
ACOG • Trijicon Inc. (Wixom)

Manufacturing Lifetime Achievement Award
Dan Dralle • D&JD Partners (Saginaw)

Manufacturing Innovation Excellence
GTF Technologies (Ada)

Manufacturing Talent Champion
Christine Sermak • Total Security Solutions (Fowlerville)

Manufacturing Woman of the Year
Jill Dralle • Nexteer Automotive (Saginaw)

Manufacturing Community Impact
Fullerton Tool Company (Saginaw)

Export of the Year
Biodapt® • Gantec, Inc. (Midland)

Manufacturing Sustainability powered by Consumers Energy
Holcim (Alpena)

Manufacturing Emerging Leader
Charles Washburn • Landscape Forms (Kalamazoo)

Michigan Business Beat | Jeffrey Scott, Alpena Cement Plant at Holcim - MMA Sustainability Award

I invite you to experience this unique podcast, where two fictional voices exchange, confront, and bring to life the very first chapter of my book.

A meeting point between writing and auditory creativity.
In this episode, you’ll hear a dialogue that offers a glimpse into the universe I’ve built.

I wanted to explore a new way of telling my story by offering a sound immersion to my readers.

Welcome to the podcast on “zero waste to landfills”, a book by Dr Isabelle Chevalley

In this episode of Cementing Europe’s Future, we dive into the much-anticipated Clean Industrial Deal and its potential to drive industrial decarbonisation and competitiveness. CEMBUREAU CEO Koen Coppenholle joins us to discuss what this initiative could mean for the cement sector—from securing investment in breakthrough technologies to ensuring regulatory certainty, CO₂ infrastructure, and lead markets for low-carbon products.

With over 100 decarbonisation projects already underway, the cement industry is ready to scale up. But what key policy enablers are needed to make it happen? And how can the Clean Industrial Deal help unlock a sustainable business case for deep decarbonisation?

The Clean Industrial Deal: How Can It Enable The Net Zero Transition?

Durch die Risse im Beton

Alle Blumen leuchten wieder 
In wundervollen Farben
In den Stadtlagunen
Zwischen Asphaltnarben
Und mittendrin
Beginnt
Ein neuer Tag
Kleine Schwalben
Gehen auf Reisen
Und gleiten ganz leise
Auf die S-Bahngleise
Wo sie uns umkreisen
In einer Weise
Die ich irgendwie mag

Durch die Risse im Beton
Drücken sich mit Eifer
Löwenzahn und Schlafmohn
Wo vorher harter Stein war
Bunt und lebensfroh
Vermehrn sich immer weiter
Und sowieso
Ein Blumenmeer
Wäre hier doch viel gescheiter 

Und am Ende
wächst Efeu behände
An den Häuserwänden
Durch’s Gelände
Und holt sich zurück
Was hier vorher war
Die grauen Straßen
Werden wieder zu Rasen
Und der Flieder in der Vase
Wächst rasend schnell
Aus dem Fenster bis übers Dach vom Edeka 

Durch die Risse im Beton
Drücken sich mit Eifer
Löwenzahn und Schlafmohn
Wo vorher harter Stein war
Bunt und lebensfroh
Vermehrn sich immer weiter
Und sowieso
Ein Blumenmeer
Wäre hier doch viel gescheiter 

Als das Grau in dem wir wohn‘
Und all der Stahl der sich verbreitet
Verrußt und schwarz von Emission
Leuchtet kleine Blumen
Seid die Befreier
Bringt Farbe in den Alltag 
Und macht das Leben wieder heiter

Verschwende keinen Hass an 
Rosane Geranien
Alles wär hier blass man  
Und längst nicht so schön bunt wie in Italien


Alle Blumen leuchten wieder 
In wundervollen Farben
In den Stadtlagunen
Zwischen Asphaltnarben
Und mittendrin
Beginnt
Ein neuer Tag
Kleine Schwalben
Gehen auf Reisen
Und gleiten ganz leise
Auf die S-Bahngleise
Wo sie uns umkreisen
In einer Weise
Die ich irgendwie mag

Und am Ende
wächst Efeu behände
An den Häuserwänden
Durch’s Gelände
Und holt sich zurück
Was hier vorher war
Die grauen Straßen
Werden wieder zu Rasen
Und der Flieder in der Vase
Wächst rasend schnell
Aus dem Fenster bis übers Dach vom Edeka 


Durch die Risse im Beton
Drücken sich mit Eifer
Löwenzahn und Schlafmohn
Wo vorher harter Stein war
Bunt und lebensfroh
Vermehrn sich immer weiter
Und sowieso
Ein Blumenmeer
Wäre hier doch viel gescheiter 

Als das Grau in dem wir wohn‘
Und all der Stahl der sich verbreitet
Verrußt und schwarz von Emission
Leuchtet kleine Blumen
Seid die Befreier
Bringt Farbe in den Alltag 
Und macht das Leben wieder heiter

Verschwende keinen Hass an 
Rosane Geranien
Alles wär hier blass man  
Und längst nicht so schön bunt wie in Italien


Durch die Risse im Beton

veryrealxen
ig -https://www.instagram.com/feelinoutofbody/

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