DeLanda discusses his increasing interest in theoretical rather than artistic questions, the future role of the artist, the relation of artist to Internet, the artist's relation to strata, low-dimensional deterministic chaos, the current bifurcation in the historical process that is globalization, Napoleon as a catalyst for a new war machine, and the three different non-anthropocentric perspectives he adopts in A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History, 1997.

Manuel DeLanda, Real Virtuality: Meshworks and Hierarchies in the Digital Domain

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UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete) is a concrete with an extreme dense micro-structure generated by powder-like silica sand. The material density is responsible for a compression strength that is almost comparable to steel and a surface quality that reflecting perfectly the material used as mould. Equipped with steel fibres as a part of the aggregate the self-compressing material can be disburdened from traditional rebars while providing high tensile strength. www.gtecz.com Wiring is an open source programming environment and electronics i/o board for exploring the electronic arts, tangible media. It is developed by Hernando Barragan and build on Processing. www.wiring.org.co

Cette écologie architecturale s'est attachée à proposer des alternatives pour : - adapter l'architecture urbaine à la croissance démographique de l'ère post-industrielle ;- mieux gérer l'extension incontrôlable des villes et de leurs périphéries qui s'était faite au détriment des espaces naturels ;- favoriser les économies d'énergies rendues indispensables par les crises pétrolières et les déficits en eau ;- participer à la lutte contre les pollutions de tous ordres ; - restaurer et réhabiliter les friches industrielles ou les sites naturels endommagés ;- contribuer au développement durable en privilégiant les matériaux, les modes de production et les savoir-faire traditionnels et locaux ;- respecter les normes environnementales en vigueur, voire contribuer à leur définition ;- créer des espaces de vie harmonieux, esthétiques et confortables qui réconcilient l'homme avec son habitat.

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