Mar 30, 2008 11:47 AM

Nonlinear Fabbing and the Machinic Phylum

(((If the "new materiality" isn't weird enough, having MANUEL
DE LANDA show up and tell architects how to fab ought to shove a few sparks around.)))

Link: NSO News.

The Annual Conference, April 3-4
The Annual NSO Conference, "Nonlinear Fabrication" begins 6:30pm, Thursday, April 3 with Manuel DeLanda's keynote lecture at the Wu & Chen auditorium (Levine Hall, UPenn). Panel discussions begin friday morning at 9am in the Upper Gallery (Meyerson Hall, UPenn).
In addition to the NSO team (Cecil Balmond, David Ruy, Detlef Mertins, Ferda Kolatan, Jenny Sabin, and Peter Jones) visiting participants include:
William Braham, Winka Dubbeldam, Behrokh Khoshnevis, Anne Plant, Roland Snooks, Andrew Snow, Marcelo Spina, Theo Spyropoulos, Peter Testa, Chris Tuck, and Tom Wiscombe.

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