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23.30 DDELEUZE, DIAGRAMS, AND THE GENESIS OF FORM Manuel De anda ‘The dy f agra und of lama hnking curently xjoying 4 roel vere dcglines On ne hand, dhe we ‘sora of ehaclogy who iatempaag to rescue engineering Anowledge frm ts sas as misor branch of applied sence, Ive sree the relive atonomy oft gous ae, more ino ‘sy means. In chi conten ha emphasized i he ex tence of peal pe of inowedge~ inal knowledge ~ snd the rl hat splayed inthe development of the engineering stone! On the oie there are copntve scening and ‘esrarcher a arial nligeace who bare reenly expanded the reservolr of repesenationl esoures dat they we 1 give thei models orth robo) problem aving abies. Here too, leis he special visual aspect of grams that is emphasized, for example, the ahi of geomerte repeseaasoas 0 rpily convey toa problem acter some ofthe ero spect defining & purl pote, and hence wo suggest poste solutions? "Thee ae sve dllerences between thee approaches to he qerton of dagams and the one advocated by Giles Dez, the least mporan of which i that for Delewze, diagrams bave 9 Inne connection wih al epesenatins The aly sgi- cat dence onthe ther hand, at pe Dleue the eclem: solrng acy in which lagrams ae ivoved i ot necesty pevlored by hunaas o tobe, bu ay be landed neve Simple matral and energete sper. uke an example from ysis. popliton of interacting physical eases, such a the ‘molecules thin lier of sop, maybe constalnedenergeicaly to adopt fra which minimize fee energy Hee the problem” (xr he population of molec) is 0 fin this mininal poe of energy problem, soled deed by the molecu in sup bubbles (tic colecuvely minimize suri tension) and by dhe moles i cystine suucues (whlch collecvey minimize bonding energy). The question ofthe objective exinence of problems (aod thet defining digeans) « ruc ive in ‘herlreapabl of generting form on own. enue tour previous examples, the sphere form oF soup bubble emerges out of the inteacions moog ts castnent molecules a thee are con: sine energeocal to “beet” the pot at which Suufice wasn ie mlaimised. a these there tt to queion ofan ezence of “sosp-bebblenes Somehow imposing uel om the ouside an ideal some frm (a sphere) shaping an net collection of moe ales Rahes an endogenous poe fm (pot in the pce of nergee poulbliienor ds meleclar sserbage) gover ee foleeive behavior ofthe inal soap molecules and esl the emergence of sere spe Moreover, the sme topoloi «al form, the same minimal pin, can guide the process tht generate many other geome forms For example, istend of | roles of wap we have the ‘omic components ofa ordinary ‘styl te orm tat ene from minimising energy. bond sng energy in ti ae) 3 cade the sari, orm, sed lope (shaky caled it cee ope eos). tvhich case the poate py lence of hs ace willl “ply emp bavi an endogenously genesedendeny to ona in 3 wale way Wher ove i dealing with socio techoologial arucuze (Fach 3¢ 3 radio wansmiter of radar ‘machine, » bilgi ae (eye meuelism), ora physical one (a convection el in the atmosphere). iis sage tmanent resource hat sioveled in the diferent ecilating behavior Asif {i dbractcecllang machine” were inarated or aeaed a ‘dese pyc anembage ‘a orc machine lel ot pelo corpora ‘mote tan remind tiedagammatie(tMaows nog of the dsincos beweeh the ic nd be stra ite). It pert by ate ob tency ton, 20 fr. ‘hesburcnachoe pre Mater Puncon~adgraminde: nent of he fam atc rein nd nel Deleze als this ailty of topological forms (and other sbazact machines) co gv ie to many iret py asan- ‘ons procs of “vergentatuaization” aking te ie fom French puowopher Het erpon who, athe rn ofthe ceny, vote vere of ea where Be extcze the inabity of tes ‘ce of ue o hak he neh uly nove Te ex bead sas. according to Bergon, mechanical ad linear vw of us fy andthe ig terme thar empl Cleary f the fate teeady pve athe pt fe ata s erely ht modality of tne where previously determined poses become rele, thes tue ianoaon i inporabie, To avoid thie muta, be ‘hough, we mst ugg to mode the Future as open-ended nd | te pus and the present pregnant not only wih pe id eae but wih veulis he beonoo ‘The dsincion beween the posible andthe re asues act of predefined foms (or eences) which aque physical ray 25, ‘mater forme that resemble tem. From the morphogenic ole of ew raining » pouty doesnot add anything o 2 ‘redefined form exept realty The deacon beewees he veal Ade aro the other hand, doesnot vole reseblance of Say Bnd (eg, our xrple above in which a tpslogea pus. ‘ecomes 4 geometal spere), and far fom consituing the cect deny of given src, val form subvert iis Meo ance arcs differen at spheres and cubes emerge {ibm the ame opoogil point To qucte fom what prbsbly elez's mont import book, Deed Rein Aca bak with resemblance ass proces 0 es as ‘don wih enya pail a Sense clan or ierencao abaya eine reason, Foe aptetl vor ebjet tobe scaled ito eet veges ines De Landa embryogenesis rhc corepond to ~ without resemblg — veal il: ie The ul pues the riya oe efor oraprobiemobesated* Deuce goes onto dai proce of smalon oe complex than bbls rca, proces such as embryopene- Sire dewlopeat of «fl leenied orn sang {rma single Int ce he ce fener ponies moe ebort,vaving many veal poogieal forms gre ing compen peepee How does neuiaton cecum Besa he ae quale an exten (0 ag hemi] there ae mto-tempra dye. They mast be mare ‘oer domain, eventhough hey ae ora biden by the ‘ontated quer an exes Embryology hows ht he Avion ofan egg peruse tnelaton to more> licam morphopaae movement: the mogmentaton of fe vere recog of ear Inyo by fling, reponl placement sof [poupt A whole iets of ‘Reegr appear wich ples same? 'n Dileep, Deze repenedly mates we of these ‘pece of energetic ponies technical eferedtoas "sate spaces oe "phe spaces) and of the topological forms (or sng") that «shape ete spaces Phase agra re indeed, the very fest eppe of dgrm aed by Deleuze We late below dat nore complex type are coed in hs ier work ine these eas reappear ins ler week, and ine the once of phase space ano singularity beng to mathematics, {238 safe to ay tht 3 croc component of Delesaan thought come from the phlosophy of mathemati, Indeed, chapter four of iferenc and Repeiion es medtaton on the meupbyse of Aileen ad ster callse. On the oter hand, pen that hae spaces and singular become phytay sigan aly {eeluiono material sens hatred by astong Bow of energy, Deleuze’, phlsophy i ao inamately related ‘branch of phys at deals with mater nd energie ow at ‘swt thermedyramics.Chage eof Dla a en 2 Bhosle erdque of ISthcentry themmodyasmic, an _aterpt to recore from hat cine sme ofthe Key concep ‘esded for ory of imminent morphogent ‘the begining ofthat chp, Deleuze introduce some ey

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