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Morphogenesis Under Construction: Tracing the Process of Individuation Along Physico-Aesthetic Coordinates

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In this article I examine the concept of bio-info sensibility recently developed By Alessandro Sarti and Franco Berardi (Bifo) and frame it in the realm of Guattari’s analysis about concerning techno-mutative conditions and Simondon’s idea of technoaesthetics. These two concepts allowed to place idea of bio-info sensibility within the constitution of a morphogenetic field delimited by both microphysical and aesthetic conditions. I will subsequently depart by constructing the conditions for this morphogenetic field along lines of thought opened by Simondon, Deleuze, Deleuze and Guattari. The concept of asymmetry in its elaboration by Alberto Toscano serves as a juncture between the development of theoretical conditions of individuation and their pragmatics of realization. The elaboration of this point of view will subsequently allow me to move back to Simondon’s theory in terms of a concrete research for possible components leading towards the morphogenetic construction of the concept of bio-info sensibility.

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Mongini, C. (2015). Morphogenesis Under Construction: Tracing the Process of Individuation Along Physico-Aesthetic Coordinates. In: Sarti, A., Montanari, F., Galofaro, F. (eds) Morphogenesis and Individuation. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05101-7_4

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