After more than a week stuck in the depot, after the ship around the world, after being carefully put together, on display in Terni and Birmingham, repacked and reorganised, we were forced to come back.

[photo by 高灵 Gao Ling]

and what could one do but stack everything up again, rebuild and redesign, finding a place, holding broken pieces with two hands.

[photo by fotini lazaridou-hatzigoga]

We make so-so walls, says a migrant worker who observes from the side. He’s been up since 6:30 am and now it’s overtime, but you all are doing the same thing now and it’s fun and it’s art. 有意思.

it’s not a mockery but the squeeze of bureaucracy, a reaction and a kind of productivity. Half a wall, a peephole, a veranda, place to aim, balcony, blockade.

Welcome home, bricks.

(The return of 1,500 China-made bricks was organised 29 August 2009 by Marcella and Stefano from Instant Hutong, Elaine and Fotini at HomeShop. Thank you to everyone in the assembly line…)