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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 Landaembryogenesis
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