Post Natural History by Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles

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introduction Post Natural History raconte l’histoire d’un voyage dans le temps, une rencontre entre la science - qui demeure pour moi un grand mystère et une source d’enchantement-, la magie, la poésie, et la fiction. Dans ces archives imaginaires la mémoire fonctionne dans les deux sens - où comme le dit la Reine Blanche dans «Alice au Pays des Merveilles» - dans le passé mais aussi dans le futur. Un monde, pour reprendre les mots de Jean Claude Ameisen, dans lequel on se souvient de ce qui n’est pas encore survenu - de ce qui adviendra demain. Avec ce livre à entrées multiples et géométrie variable, j'ai voulu à la fois partager les sources qui ont nourri et inspiré ce projet, mais aussi la façon dont elles m'ont touché... Entre étonnement, curiosité et jeu... ces textes scientifiques, récits mythologiques, littérature ancienne et contemporaine, peintures, illustrations, poésies... résonnent comme un lointain écho à mes propres créations. Vincent Fournier

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table des matières

préambule — 7 — conversation autour de la reconfiguration du vivant jean-claude ameisen

- michel houellebecq

conversation around the living reconfiguration jean-claude ameisen

chapitre

- michel houellebecq

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— 11 — LES FLEURS DE CHAIR ARTIFICIELLE production experimentale de chair de synthèse dans le monde végétal.

SYNTHETIC FLESH FLOWERS production experimentale de chair de synthèse dans le monde végétal.

chapitre

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— 89 — AURELIA-VARANUS Classification alphabétique des types de mutations chez les espèces vivantes. Alphabetical classification of the types of mutations among living species.

chapitre

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— 125 — DE L’OR POUR UN CŒUR ÉTERNEL La formule fondamentale de l’auto régénérescence.

GOLD FOR AN ETERNAL HEART The fundamental formula of self regeneration.

index

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préambule

Conversation entre Jean Claude Ameisen et Michel Houellebecq autour de la reconfiguration technologique du vivant.

Michel houellebecq:Huic Arabia est conserta, ex alio latere Nabataeis contigua; opima varietate conmerciorum castrisque oppleta validis et castellis, quae ad repellendos gentium vicinarum excursus sollicitudo pervigil veterum per oportunos saltus erexit et cautos. haec quoque civitates habet inter oppida quaedam ingentes Bostram et Gerasam atque Philadelphiam murorum firmitate cautissimas. hanc provinciae inposito nomine rectoreque adtributoobtemperare legibus nostris Traianus conpulit imperator incolarum. Jean Claude Ameisen: Etenim si attendere diligenter, existimare vere de omni hac causa volueritis, sic constituetis, iudices, nec descensurum quemquam ad hanc accusationem fuisse, cui, utrum vellet, liceret, nec, cum descendisset, quicquam habiturum spei fuisse, nisi alicuius intolerabili libidine et nimis acerbo odio niteretur. Sed ego Atratino, humanissimo atque optimo adulescenti meo necessario, ignosco, qui habet excusationem vel pietatis vel necessitatis vel aetatis. Si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo, si iussus est, necessitati, si speravit aliquid, pueritiae. Ceteris non modo nihil ignoscendum, sed etiam acriter est resistendum.

MH : Proinde die funestis interrogationibus praestituto imaginarius iudex equitum resedit magister adhibitis aliis iam quae essent agenda praedoctis, et adsistebant hinc inde notarii, quid quaesitum esset, quidve responsum, cursim ad Caesarem perferentes, cuius imperio truci, stimulis reginae exsertantis aurem subinde per aulaeum, nec diluere obiecta permissi nec defensi periere conplures. Omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre frater cuperet patruelis, siquid per inprudentiam. J-C A : Advenit post multos Scudilo Scutariorum tribunus velamento subagrestis ingenii persuasionis opifex callidus. qui eum adulabili sermone seriis admixto solus omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre frater cuperet patruelis, siquid per inprudentiam gestum est remissurus ut mitis et clemens, participemque eum suae maiestatis adscisceret, futurum laborum quoque socium, quos Arctoae provinciae diu fessae poscebant. Excitavit hic ardor milites per municipia plurima, quae isdem conterminant, dispositos et castella,

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“Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam.”

MH : Excitavit hic ardor milites per municipia plurima, quae isdem conterminant, dispositos et castella, sed quisque serpentes latius pro viribus repellere moliens, nunc globis confertos, aliquotiens et dispersos multitudine superabatur ingenti, quae nata et educata inter editos recurvosque ambitus montium eos ut loca plana persultat et mollia, missilibus obvios eminus lacessens et ululatu truci perterrens.

domitis et Hierosolymis captis in provinciae speciem delata iuris dictione formavit. Denique Antiochensis ordinis vertices sub uno elogio iussit occidi ideo efferatus, quod ei celebrari vilitatem intempestivam urgenti, cum inpenderet inopia, gravius rationabili responderunt; et perissent ad unum ni comes orientis tunc Honoratus fixa constantia restitisset. Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros. Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros.

J-C A : Has autem provincias, quas Orontes ambiens amnis imosque pedes Cassii montis illius celsi praetermeans funditur in Parthenium mare, Gnaeus Pompeius superato Tigrane regnis Armeniorum abstractas dicioni Romanae coniunxit. MH : Erat autem diritatis eius hoc quoque indicium nec obscurum nec latens, quod ludicris cruentis delectabatur et in circo sex vel septem aliquotiens vetitis certaminibus pugilum vicissim se concidentium perfusorumque sanguine specie ut lucratus ingentia laetabatur. In his tractibus navigerum nusquam visitur flumen sed in locis plurimis aquae suapte natura calentes emergunt ad usus aptae multiplicium medelarum. verum has quoque regiones pari sorte Pompeius Iudaeis

J-C A : Quid? qui se etiam nunc subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant, hos perire patiemur? An, si qui frui publico non potuit per hostem, hic tegitur ipsa lege censoria; quem is frui non sinit, qui est, etiamsi non appellatur, hostis, huic ferri auxilium non oportet? Retinete igitur in provincia diutius eum, qui de sociis cum hostibus, de civibus cum sociis faciat pactiones, qui hoc etiam se pluris esse quam

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collegam putet, quod ille vos tristia voltuque deceperit, ipse numquam se minus quam erat, nequam esse simularit. Piso autem alio quodam modo gloriatur se brevi tempore perfecisse, ne Gabinius unus omnium nequissimus. MH : Ardeo, mihi credite, Patres conscripti (id quod vosmet de me existimatis et facitis ipsi) incredibili quodam amore patriae, qui me amor et subvenire olim impendentibus periculis maximis cum dimicatione capitis, et rursum, cum omnia tela undique esse intenta in patriam viderem, subire coegit atque excipere unum pro universis. Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam. J-C A : Cyprum itidem insulam procul a continenti discretam et portuosam inter municipia crebra urbes duae faciunt claram Salamis et Paphus, altera Iovis delubris altera Veneris templo insignis. tanta autem tamque multiplici fertilitate abundat rerum omnium eadem Cyprus ut nullius externi indigens adminiculi indigenis viribus a fundamento ipso carinae ad supremos usque carbasos aedificet onerariam navem omnibusque armamentis instructam mari committat. MH : Duplexque isdem diebus acciderat malum, quod et Theophilum insontem atrox interceperat casus, et Serenianus dignus exsecratione cunctorum, innoxius, modo non reclamante publico vigore, discessit. Erat autem diritatis eius hoc quoque indicium nec obscurum nec latens, quod ludicris cruentis delectabatur et in circo sex vel septem aliquotiens vetitis certaminibus pugilum vicissim

se concidentium perfusorumque sanguine specie ut lucratus ingentia laetabatur. In his tractibus navigerum nusquam visitur flumen sed in locis plurimis aquae suapte natura calentes emergunt ad usus aptae multiplicium medelarum. verum has quoque regiones pari sorte Pompeius Iudaeis domitis et Hierosolymis captis in provinciae speciem delata iuris dictione formavit. J-C A : Denique Antiochensis ordinis vertices sub uno elogio iussit occidi ideo efferatus, quod ei celebrari vilitatem intempestivam urgenti, cum inpenderet inopia, rationabili responderunt; et perissent ad unum ni comes orientis tunc Honoratus fixa constantia. Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros. MH : Quid? qui se etiam nunc subsidiis aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant, hos perire patiemur? An, si qui frui publico non potuit per hostem, hic tegitur ipsa lege censoria; quem is frui non sinit, qui est, etiamsi non appellatur, hostis, huic ferri auxilium non oportet? Retinete igitur in provincia diutius eum, qui de sociis cum hostibus, de civibus cum sociis faciat pactiones, qui hoc etiam se pluris esse quam collegam putet, quod ille vos tristia voltuque deceperit, ipse numquam se minus quam erat, nequam esse simularit. Piso autem alio quodam modo gloriatur se brevi tempore perfecisse, ne Gabinius unus omnium nequissimus existimaretur.

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J-C A : Ardeo, mihi credite, Patres conscripti (id quod vosmet de me existimatis et facitis ipsi) incredibili quodam amore patriae, qui me amor et subvenire olim impendentibus periculis maximis cum dimicatione capitis, et rursum, cum omnia tela undique esse intenta in patriam viderem, subire coegit atque excipere unum pro universis. Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam. Cyprum itidem insulam procul a continenti discretam et portuosam inter municipia crebra urbes duae faciunt claram Salamis et Paphus, altera Iovis delubris altera Veneris templo insignis. tanta autem tamque multiplici fertilitate abundat rerum omnium eadem Cyprus ut nullius externi indigens adminiculi indigenis viribus a fundamento ipso carinae ad supremos usque carbasos aedificet onerariam navem omnibusque armamentis instructam mari committat.Duplexque isdem diebus acciderat malum, quod et Theophilum insontem atrox interceperat casus, et Serenianus dignus exsecratione cunctorum, innoxius, modo non reclamante publico vigore, discessit. MH : Post hanc adclinis Libano monti Phoenice, regio plena gratiarum et venustatis, urbibus decorata magnis et pulchris; in quibus amoenitate celebritateque nominum Tyros excellit, Sidon et Berytus isdemque pares Emissa et Damascus saeculis condita priscis. Verum ad istam omnem orationem brevis est defensio. Nam quoad aetas M. Caeli dare potuit isti suspicioni locum, fuit primum ipsius pudore, deinde etiam patris diligentia munita. Qui ut huic virilem togam deditšnihil dicam hoc loco de me; tantum sit, quantum vos existimatis; hoc dicam, hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum; nemo

hunc M. Caelium in illo aetatis flore vidit nisi aut cum patre aut mecum aut in M. Crassi castissima domo, cum artibus honestissimis erudiretur. Cognitis enim pilatorum caesorumque funeribus nemo deinde ad has stationes appulit navem, sed ut Scironis praerupta letalia declinantes litoribus Cypriis contigui navigabant, quae Isauriae scopulis sunt controversa. J-C A : Sed ut tum ad senem senex de senectute, sic hoc libro ad amicum amicissimus scripsi de amicitia. Tum est Cato locutus, quo erat nemo fere senior temporibus illis, nemo prudentior; nunc Laelius et sapiens (sic enim est habitus) et amicitiae gloria excellens de amicitia loquetur. Tu velim a me animum parumper avertas, Laelium loqui ipsum putes. C. Fannius et Q. Mucius ad socerum veniunt post mortem Africani; ab his sermo oritur, respondet Laelius, cuius tota disputatio est de amicitia, quam legens te ipse cognosces. Restabat ut Caesar post haec properaret accitus et abstergendae causa suspicionis sororem suam, eius uxorem, Constantius ad se tandem desideratam venire multis fictisque blanditiis hortabatur. quae licet ambigeret metuens saepe cruentum, spe tamen quod eum lenire poterit ut germanum profecta, cum Bithyniam introisset, in statione quae Caenos Gallicanos appellatur, absumpta est vi febrium repentina. cuius post obitum maritus contemplans attoniti, districta dentium acie stridens adeste inquit viri fortes mihi vobiscum.

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preambule “Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam.” Conversation entre Jean Claude Ameisen et Michel Houellebecq autour de la reconfiguration technologique du vivant.

Michel houellebecq: Huic Arabia est conserta, ex alio latere Nabataeis contigua; opima varietate conmerciorum castrisque oppleta validis et castellis, quae ad repellendos gentium vicinarum excursus sollicitudo pervigil veterum per oportunos saltus erexit et cautos. haec quoque civitates habet inter oppida quaedam ingentes Bostram et Gerasam atque Philadelphiam murorum firmitate cautissimas. hanc provinciae inposito nomine rectoreque adtributo obtemperare legibus nostris Traianus conpulit imperator incolarum tumore saepe contunso cum glorioso marte Mediam urgeret et Parthos. Jean Claude Ameisen: Etenim si attendere diligenter, existimare vere de omni hac causa volueritis, sic constituetis, iudices, nec descensurum quemquam ad hanc accusationem fuisse, cui, utrum vellet, liceret, nec, cum descendisset, quicquam habiturum spei fuisse, nisi alicuius intolerabili libidine et nimis acerbo odio niteretur. Sed ego Atratino, humanissimo atque optimo adulescenti meo necessario, ignosco, qui habet excusationem vel pietatis vel necessitatis vel aetatis. Si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo, si iussus est, necessitati, si speravit aliquid, pueritiae. Ceteris non modo nihil ignoscendum, sed etiam acriter est resistendum. MH : Proinde die funestis interrogationibus praestituto imaginarius iudex equitum resedit magister adhibitis aliis iam quae essent agenda praedoctis, et adsistebant hinc inde notarii, quid quaesitum esset, quidve responsum, cursim ad Caesarem perferentes, cuius imperio truci, stimulis reginae exsertantis

aurem subinde per aulaeum, nec diluere obiecta permissi nec defensi periere conplures.Omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre frater cuperet patruelis, siquid per inprudentiam. J-C A : Advenit post multos Scudilo Scutariorum tribunus velamento subagrestis ingenii persuasionis opifex callidus qui eum adulabili sermone seriis admixto solus omnium proficisci pellexit vultu adsimulato saepius replicando quod flagrantibus votis eum videre frater cuperet patruelis, siquid per inprude ntiam gestum est remissurus ut mitis et clemens, participemque eum suae maiestatis adscisceret, futurum laborum quoque socium, quos Arctoae provinciae diu fessae poscebant. MH : Excitavit hic ardor milites per municipia plurima, quae isdem conterminant, dispositos et castella, sed quisque serpentes latius pro viribus repellere moliens, nunc globis confertos, aliquotiens et dispersos multitudine superabatur ingenti, quae nata et educata inter editos recurvosque ambitus montium eos ut loca plana persultat et mollia, missilibus obvios eminus lacessens et ululatu truci perterrens. J-C A : Has autem provincias, quas Orontes ambiens amnis imosque pedes Cassii montis illius celsi praetermeans funditur in Parthenium mare, Gnaeus Pompeius superato Tigrane regnis Armeniorum abstractas dicioni Romanae coniunxit.

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quae nata et educata inter editos recurvosque ambitus montium eos ut loca plana persultat et mollia, missilibus obvios eminus. MH : Erat autem diritatis eius hoc quoque indicium nec obscurum nec latens, quod ludicris cruentis delectabatur et in circo sex vel septem aliquotiens vetitis certaminibus pugilum vicissim se concidentium perfusorumque sanguine specie ut lucratus ingentia laetabatur. In his tractibus navigerum nusquam visitur flumen sed in locis plurimis aquae suapte natura calentes emergunt ad usus aptae multiplicium medelarum. verum has quoque regiones pari sorte Pompeius Iudaeis domitis et Hierosolymis captis in provinciae speciem delata iuris dictione formavit. Denique Antiochensis ordinis vertices sub uno elogio iussit occidi ideo efferatus, quod ei celebrari vilitatem intempestivam urgenti, cum inpenderet inopia,gravius rationabili responderunt; et perissent ad unum ni comes orientis tunc Honoratus fixa constantia restitisset. Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros. J-C A : Quid? qui se etiam nunc subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant, hos perire patiemur? An, si qui frui publico non potuit per hostem, hic tegitur ipsa lege censoria; quem is frui non sinit, qui est, etiamsi non appellatur, hostis, huic ferri auxilium non oportet? Retinete igitur in provincia diutius eum, qui de sociis cum hostibus, de civibus cum sociis faciat pactiones, qui hoc etiam se pluris esse

quam collegam putet, quod ille vos tristia voltuque deceperit, ipse numquam se minus quam erat, nequam esse simularit. Piso autem alio quodam modo gloriatur se brevi tempore perfecisse, ne Gabinius. MH : Ardeo, mihi credite, Patres conscripti (id quod vosmet de me existimatis et facitis ipsi) incredibili quodam amore patriae, qui me amor et subvenire olim impendentibus periculis maximis cum dimicatione capitis, et rursum, cum omnia tela undique esse intenta in patriam viderem, subire coegit atque excipere unum pro universis. Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam. J-C A : Cyprum itidem insulam procul a continenti discretam et portuosam inter municipia crebra urbes duae faciunt claram Salamis et Paphus, altera Iovis delubris altera Veneris templo insignis. tanta autem tamque multiplici fertilitate abundat rerum omnium eadem Cyprus ut nullius externi indigens adminiculi indigenis viribus a fundamento ipso carinae ad supremos usque carbasos aedificet onerariam navem omnibusque armamentis instructam mari committat. MH : Duplexque isdem diebus acciderat malum, quod et Theophilum insontem atrox interceperat casus, et Serenianus dignus exsecratione cunctorum, innoxius, modo non reclamante publico vigore, discessit. Erat autem diritatis eius hoc quoque indicium nec obscurum nec latens, quod ludicris cruentis delectabatur et in circo sex vel septem aliquotiens vetitis certaminibus pugilum vicissim se

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J-C A : Cyprum itidem insulam procul a continenti discretam et portuosam inter municipia crebra urbes duae faciunt claram Salamis et Paphus, altera Iovis delubris altera Veneris templo insignis. tanta autem tamque multiplici fertilitate abundat rerum omnium eadem Cyprus ut nullius externi indigens adminiculi indigenis viribus a fundamento ipso carinae ad supremos usque carbasos aedificet onerariam navem omnibusque armamentis instructam mari committat.

non sinit, qui est, etiamsi non appellatur, hostis, huic ferri auxilium non oportet? Retinete igitur in provincia diutius eum, qui de sociis cum hostibus, de civibus cum sociis faciat pactiones, qui hoc etiam se pluris esse quam collegam putet, quod ille vos tristia voltuque deceperit, ipse numquam se minus quam erat, nequam esse simularit. Piso autem alio quodam modo gloriatur se brevi tempore perfecisse, ne Gabinius unus omnium nequissimus existimaretur.

MH : Duplexque isdem diebus acciderat malum, quodet Theophilum insontem atrox interceperat casus, et Serenianus dignus exsecratione cunctorum, innoxius, modo non reclamante publico vigore, discessit. Erat autem diritatis eius hoc quoque indicium nec obscurum nec latens, quod ludicris cruentis delectabatur et in circo sex vel septem aliquotiens vetitis certaminibus pugilum vicissim se concidentium perfusorumque sanguine specie ut lucratus ingentia laetabatur. In his tractibus navigerum nusquam visitur flumen sed in locis plurimis aquae suapte natura calentes emergunt ad usus aptae multiplicium medelarum. verum has quoque regiones pari sorte Pompeius Iudaeis domitis et Hierosolymis captis in provinciae speciem delata iuris dictione formavit. J-C A : Denique Antiochensis ordinis vertices sub uno elogio iussit occidi ideo efferatus, quod ei celebrari vilitatem intempestivam urgenti, cum inpenderet inopia, gravius rationabili responderunt; et perissent ad unum ni comes orientis tunc Honoratus fixa constantia restitisset. Homines enim eruditos et sobrios ut infaustos et inutiles vitant, eo quoque accedente quod et nomenclatores adsueti haec et talia venditare, mercede accepta lucris quosdam et prandiis inserunt subditicios ignobiles et obscuros. MH : Quid? qui se etiam nunc subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant, hos perire patiemur? An, si qui frui publico non potuit per hostem, hic tegitur ipsa lege censoria; quem is frui

J-C A : Ardeo, mihi credite, Patres conscripti (id quod vosmet de me existimatis et facitis ipsi) incredibili quodam amore patriae, qui me amor et subvenire olim impendentibus periculis maximis cum dimicatione capitis, et rursum, cum omnia tela undique esse intenta in patriam viderem, subire coegit atque excipere unum pro universis. Hic me meus in rem publicam animus pristinus ac perennis cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam.Cyprum itidem insulam procul a continenti discretam et portuosam inter municipia crebra urbes duae faciunt claram Salamis et Paphus, altera Iovis delubris altera Veneris templo insignis. tanta autem tamque multiplici fertilitate abundat rerum omnium eadem Cyprus ut nullius externi indigens adminiculi indigenis viribus a fundamento ipso carinae ad supremos usque carbasos aedificet onerariam navem omnibusque armamentis instructam mari committat. Duplexque isdem diebus acciderat malum, quod et Theophilum insontem atrox interceperat casus, et Serenianus dignus exsecratione cunctorum, innoxius, modo non reclamante publico vigore, discessit. MH : Post hanc adclinis Libano monti Phoenice, regio plena gratiarum et venustatis, urbibus decorata magnis et pulchris; in quibus amoenitate celebritateque nominum Tyros excellit, Sidon et Berytus isdemque pares Emissa et Damascus saeculis condita priscis. Verum ad istam omnem orationem brevis est defensio. Nam quoad aetas M. Caeli dare potuit isti suspicioni locum, fuit primum ipsius pudore, deinde etiam patris diligentia disciplinaque munita.

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I SYNTHETIC FLESH FLOWERS

LES FLEURS DE CHAIR ARTIFICIELLE

Experimental production of synthetic fleshin the plant world.

Production experimentale de chair de synthèse dans le monde végétal.

Flowers of Flesh artificial show the result imagined research conducted using tissue engineering techniques to create artificial flesh. these skeletons flowers are the memory of the flesh, the remains these experiences, ultimate and valuable witnesses vanities man’s desire to transform the living.

Les Fleurs de Chair artificielle montrent le résultat imaginé des recherches menées grâce aux techniques d’ingénierie tissulaire afin de créer de la chair artificielle. Ces squelettes de fleurs sont le souvenir de cette chair, les vestiges de ces expériences, ultimes et précieuses vanités témoins du désir de l’homme de transformer le vivant.

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[Aquilegia edulis] ANCOLIA Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Zantedeschia carnes]

ARACEAE Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Paulisper desiderare]

ASTERAE Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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Ses yeux profonds sont faits de vide et de ténèbres, Et son crâne, de fleurs artistement coiffé, Oscille mollement sur ses frêles vertèbres. O charme d'un néant follement attifé. Texte extrait des Fleurs du Mal Danse macabre, Charles BAUDELAIRE

in statione quae Caenos Gallicanos appe,1238.

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[Aurora eternae]

BORGESIA Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Seraphica curiosis]

CARMINA Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Obscura imperialis]

CLEPSYDRA Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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Voici ce qu'en disait l'abbé Bordelon dans la revue Cent questions et réponses, de mai 1704 :

L’agneau végétal de Tartarie, appelé aussi Barometz et “polypodium Barometz”, est une plante animale qui produit un fruit de la figure d'un agneau. L’agneau végétal de Tartarie, appelé aussi Barometz et “polypodium Barometz”, est une plante animale qui produit un fruit de la figure d'un agneau.

Ce zoophyte tient à la terre par le nombril, et change de place autant que la souche le lui permet. Lorsque le fruit vient en maturité, la tige se revêt d'une peau velue, douce et frisée comme celle d'un agneau. Cette peau étant préparée, elle sert de fourrure. La plante s’élève sur quatre ou cinq racines ; les plantes meurent autour d’elle mais elle demeure fraîche ; quand on la coupe, il en sort un jus sanglant. Les loups se délectent en la dévorant. Sir Thomas Browne la décrit au troisième livre de l’œuvre Pseudodoxia Epidemia (Londres 1646). Différentes espèces ou genres d’animaux se combinent dans le Barometz, le royaume végétal et le royaume animal. Rappelons à ce sujet la mandragore, qui crie comme un homme quand on l’arrache. Le barometz, Histoire admirable des plantes et herbes esmerveillables et miraculeuses en nature, Claude Duret, 1605

Voici ce qu'en disait l'abbé Bordelon dans la revue Cent questions et réponses, de mai 1704 : Ce zoophyte tient à la terre par le nombril, et change de place autant que la souche le lui permet. Lorsque le fruit vient en maturité, la tige se revêt d'une peau velue, douce et frisée comme celle d'un agneau. Cette peau étant préparée, elle sert de fourrure. La plante s’élève sur quatre ou cinq racines ; les plantes meurent autour d’elle mais elle demeure fraîche ; quand on la coupe, il en sort un jus sanglant. Les loups délectent en la dévorant. Sir Thomas Browne la décrit au troisième livre de l’œuvre Pseudodoxia Epidemia (Londres 1646). Différentes espèces ou genres d’animaux se combinent dans le Barometz, le royaume végétal et le royaume animal. Rappelons à ce sujet la mandragore, qui crie comme un homme quand on l’arrache. Le barometz, Histoire admirable des plantes et herbes esmerveillables et miraculeuses en nature, Claude Duret, 1605

Olivier Neuillé, Médiathèque de Poitires

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[Obscura imperialis]

CYNARA Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/ Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g` or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Obscura imperialis]

SIDERIS Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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VANITAS [Obscura imperialis] Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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II AURELIA-VARANUS

AURELIA-VARANUS

Classification alphabétique des types de mutations chez les espèces vivantes.

For the first time in history, man has tools to reconfigure the living and merge it with the non-living. According to his wishes, fears, hopes, and reprograms it transforms organic matter to create new hybrids. All creatures presented in the imaginary bestiary “Post Natural History” reflect these new opportunities brought by synthetic biology, cybernetics or nanotechnology. These are organisms in the process of emerging. These new creatures, so strange and familiar, are both the result of experience, changes to adapt to changes in the environment and fantasized projection of a hybrid nature. The classification of species alphabetically draws first bestiaries Renaissance tural and imaginary creatures which are inextricably linked. Like that time in history, it is a mirror reflecting our questions and play in front of a nature and unexplained phenomena. After our disenchanted world, science and technology now seem restore magic air. It emerges from the fertile imagination of new chimeras that alter our perception of the living world and blurred the boundary between the natural and the artificial. With this journey through time, the “Post Natural History” imagine the archives of a future world where the words of the White Queen in “Alice in Wonderland”, the memory works both ways - in the past but also in the future. A world, in the words of Jean Claude Ameisen in which we remember what has not yet occurred - what will happen tomorrow.

Pour la première fois dans l’Histoire, l’homme dispose d’outils lui permettant de reconfigurer le vivant et de le fusionner avec le non-vivant. En fonction de ses désirs, de ses craintes, de ses espoirs, il transforme et reprogramme la matière organique pour créer de nouvelles espèces hybrides. Toutes les créatures présentées dans le bestiaire imaginaire «Post Natural History» témoignent de ces nouvelles possibilités qu’apportent la biologie synthétique, la cybernétique ou encore les nanotechnologies. Ce sont des organismes en voie d’apparition. Ces nouvelles créatures, si étranges et familières, sont à la fois le résultat d’expériences, de mutations permettant de s’adapter aux changements de l’environnement et la projection fantasmée d’une nature hybride. Le classement des espèces par ordre alphabétique s’inspire des premiers bestiaires de la Renaissance où créatures rélles et imaginaires sont inextricablement liées. A l’instar de cette période de l’Histoire, c’est un miroir où se reflètent et se jouent nos interrogations devant une nature et des phénomènes inexpliqués. Après avoir désanchanté notre monde,la science et la technologie semblent désormais lui redonner des airs de magie. Il émerge de cet imaginaire fécond de nouvelles chimères qui modifient notre perception du monde vivant et trouble la frontière entre le naturel et l’artificiel. Avec ce voyage dans le temps, le projet «Post Natural History» imagine les archives d’un monde futur où comme le dit la Reine Blanche dans «Alice au Pays des Merveilles», la mémoire fonctionne dans les deux sens - dans le passé mais aussi dans le futur. Un monde, pour reprendre les mots de Jean Claude Ameisen, dans lequel on se souvient de ce qui n’est pas encore survenu - de ce qui adviendra demain.

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[Artificialis cerebrum]

SYNTHETIC TELEPATHY INTERFACE Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/` Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Aurelia exiens]

MOON JELLYFISH Suited to deep-sea life and data transmission Ability to study aquatic life, map ocean floors and monitor ocean currents. Can swim while maintaining a similar physical appearance and kinematics as the natural species at depths of up to 7,000 meters below sea level. *

Suited to deep-sea life and data transmission Ability to study aquatic life, map ocean floors and monitor ocean currents. Can swim while maintaining a similar physical appearance and kinematics as the natural species at depths of up to 7,000 meters below sea level.

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[Buccus magnetica]

MAGNETIC BOUC Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Aucellus pluvia]

RAIN BIRD Ability to provoke rainfall by disturbing the clouds’ static electricity * Ability to provoke rainfall by disturbing the clouds’ static electricity

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[Bycanistes attractivus]

BROWN-CHEEKED HORNBILL Bird with an unbreakable beak Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. *

Bird with an unbreakable beak Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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On emmène un enfant pour la première fois au jardin zoologique. Cet enfant pourrait être n'importe lequel d'entre nous, ou, inversement, nous avons été cet enfant et nous ne nous en souvenons pas. Dans ce jardin, dans ce terrible jardin, l'enfant voit des animaux vivants qu'il n'a jamais vus (...). Passons, maintenant, du jardin zoologique de la réalité au jardin zoologique des mythologies, dont la faune n'est pas de lions mais de sphinx et de griffons et de centaures. Le livre des êtres imaginaires, JL Borges

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[Canis nimbus transsubstantiatio ]

CLOUDY TRAVELLING DOG Abilitiy of transubstantiation from dog to cloud - and of teletransportation Insect adapted to continuous trackingGPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal.

Abilitiy of transubstantiation from dog to cloud - and of teletransportation Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz.

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[Cathartidae Peek-a-boo]

VULTURE Passer-through-walls bird Ability to create teleportation, teleportation “disks” or other spatial portals for transport between two non-adjacent locations. Can control and manipulate space warps to 360° that can bypass security systems.

Passer-through-walls bird Ability to create teleportation, teleportation “disks” or other spatial portals for transport between two non-adjacent locations. Can control and manipulate space warps to 360° that can bypass security systems.

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[Chloromgonfus detectis]

DRAGONFLY Volatile inorganic-sensitive animal Detection of traces of volatile inorganics (NOx, CO, CO2, O2, N2 and H2) in pure air by helium ionization. Engineered insect with helium carrier gas and make-up gas. Sensitivity in the low ppm range delivered by a florescent signal (using a genetically modified G-protein coupled receptor kinase gene). Maximum flow rate of 400 mL/min. Elongated abdomen with visual function.

Volatile inorganic-sensitive animal Detection of traces of volatile inorganics (NOx, CO, CO2, O2, N2 and H2) in pure air by helium ionization. Engineered insect with helium carrier gas and make-up gas. Sensitivity in the low ppm range delivered by a florescent signal (using a genetically modified G-protein coupled receptor kinase gene). Maximum flow rate of 400 mL/min. Elongated abdomen with visual function.

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[Memoria eidetica corvus]

CARRION CROW Bird of memories Ability to recall sensory information including auditory, tactile, gustatory and olfactory sensations. Synaptic plasticity, which is dependent upon calcium [20Ca], is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change strength in response to either use or disuse of transmission over synaptic pathways.

* Bird of memories Ability to recall sensory information including auditory, tactile, gustatory and olfactory sensations. Synaptic plasticity, which is dependent upon calcium [20Ca], is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change strength in response to either use or disuse of transmission over synaptic pathways. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Crocodylus hypersexualis]

CROCODILE Reptile with new reproductive strategy Capable of increasing in size to fight rival suitors. Teeth consist of polymer with a linear thermal expansion coefficient (4.7 ppm/°F). Engineered with a synthetic operon for the production of an ester of methacrylic acid (CH2=C[CH3]CO2H). Sharp scales as secondary sexual characteristics.

* Reptile with new reproductive strategy Capable of increasing in size to fight rival suitors. Teeth consist of polymer with a linear thermal expansion coefficient (4.7 ppm/°F). Engineered with a synthetic operon for the production of an ester of methacrylic acid (CH2=C[CH3]CO2H). Sharp scales as secondary sexual characteristics.

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Quelque lente pourtant que soit la marche de la sélection naturelle, si l’homme, avec ses moyens limités, peut réaliser tant de progrès en appliquant la sélection artificielle, je ne puis concevoir aucune limite à la somme des changements, de même qu’à la beauté et à la complexité des adaptations de tous les êtres organisés dans leurs rapports les uns avec les autres et avec les conditions physiques d’existence que peut, dans le cours successif des âges, réaliser le pouvoir sélectif de la nature. L'Origine des espèces, Charles Darwin, 1859

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[Entimus jumpis]

WEEVIL Highly-adaptable jumping insect Jump rings made with segmented metallic (anodized aluminum) components. About 0.4 (1 cm) inches in diameter; 20 μm thick. The engineered insect produces an electric current causing the surface of the aluminium to oxidize. The jumping beetle can be 3 to 7 feet (1 to 2 m) tall.

* Highly-adaptable jumping insect Jump rings made with segmented metallic (anodized aluminum) components. About 0.4 (1 cm) inches in diameter; 20 μm thick. The engineered insect produces an electric current causing the surface of the aluminium to oxidize. The jumping beetle can be 3 to 7 feet (1 to 2 m) tall.

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[Fantauma cerebrum]

ETHEREAL JELLY FISH Entitie able to travel between dimensions Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. * Entitie able to travel between dimensions Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Spiritae felis] CAT

Psychic medium for communicating with the spirit world Abilities of extra-sensory perception [ESP] and communication and a sixth sense for danger. Can facilitate recall and influence the world physically by using psychokinetic powers : memory manipulation, persuasion, creation of psionic links and gravity manipulation. *

Psychic medium for communicating with the spirit world Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Fungus aridus]

CORTINARIUS Arid-climate fungus Injection of a genetically modified gene isolated from camel hump cells in spores. Reservoir of fatty tissue derived from lipoblasts within cap.

Arid-climate fungus Injection of a genetically modified gene isolated from camel hump cells in spores. Reservoir of fatty tissue derived from lipoblasts within cap.

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[Hemikyptha botuli]

TREEHOPPER Pollutant-sensitive insect Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. *

Pollutant-sensitive insect Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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faune des etats-unis

Le Hidebehind est toujours derrière quelque chose. Quel que fût le nombre de tours sur lui même que faisait un homme, il l’avait toujours derrière lui et à cause de cela personne ne l’a jamais vu, bien qu’il est tué et dévoré de nombreux bûcherons. Le Pinnacle Grouse avait seulement une aile qui lui permettait de voler en une seule direction, en faisant indéfiniment le tour d’une seule colline conique. La couleur du plumage variait selon les saisons et selon la condition de l’observateur. Il existe le poisson Goofang, qui marche en arrière pour que l’eau ne lui rentre pas dans les yeux; il est de la taille exacte du poisson-roue, mais beaucoup plus grand. N’oublions pas le Goofus Bird, oiseau qui construit son nid à l’envers et qui vole en arrière, car il ne se soucie pas de savoir où il va, mais d’où il vient.

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[Passeridae temperatio] IBIS

Drought- and frost-resistant bird Long talons made with silicon-28 Talons with an improved cell wall strength of 1% lethylvinylsiloxane units (R= CH3 —; R’ = CH2 = CH—) 95-99% purity. Molecular weight, (3-8) x 105; density, 960-980 kg/m3 (0.96-0.98 g/cm3). Temperature resistance: from -30°C up to +700°C.

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[Ignis Ubinanae]

RED POPPY Flower with fiery plasma Ability to absorb and control nearby rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion. Power to generate and project an oxyhydrogen flame [C3H8 + 5O2 --> 3CO2 + 4H20] from 525 °C to 2,000 °C or above. Ability to detect heat signals (infrared vision).

Flower with fiery plasma Ability to absorb and control nearby rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion. Power to generate and project an oxyhydrogen flame [C3H8 + 5O2 --> 3CO2 + 4H20] from 525 °C to 2,000 °C or above. Ability to detect heat signals (infrared vision).

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[Lathyrus gemmae] SWEET PEA

Actual flower jewelry Genetically modified cell membranes. White flowers, 2-3.5 centimeters across. At maturity, freezing requires SFR2 genes. Ability to switch from fresh to frozen phase by lipid remodeling. Combined activity of SFR2 and triacylglycerol-biosynthetic enzymes.

Actual flower jewelry Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Orbus Chirurgia ]

SCORPION Scorpion used for semi automated and remote surgery For minimally invasive interventions during complex surgical procedures: brain biopsy, cardio-thoracic surgery, laparoscopic nephrectomy, hysterectomy, etc. Ability to regenerate cells at an increased rate, resulting in physical injuries healing in a matter of seconds or minutes.

Scorpion used for semi automated and remote surgery Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Orchis banana]

ORCHIS Edible petals Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Edible petals ead and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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faune chinoise

Les habitants du pays des longs bras touchent le sol avec leurs mains. Ils se nourrissent en attrapant des poissons au bord de la mer. Le Ti-Chiang est un oiseau surnaturel qui habite les montagnes célestes. Il est de couleur rouge, il a 6 pattes et 4 ailes, mais n’a ni visage, ni yeux. faune du chili

Le Crapaud Puissant est un animal imaginaire différent des autres crapauds en ce que son dos est recouvert d’une carapace semblable à celle de la tortue. Ce crapaud luit dans l’obscurité comme une luciole et il est tellement coriace que le seul moyen de le tuer est de le réduire en cendres. Il doit son nom à la force de son regard qui attire et repose tout ce qui rôde autour de lui.

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[Oryctes transmissionis]

RHINO BEETLE Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals. Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[[Zerdas hypnoticus]

WHITE FENEC Ability to enter and control the mind. *

Self-activates above 30°C to transport freshwater from rivers to dry remote agricultural areas

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[Oryctolagus cognitivus]

RABBIT Very intelligent rabbit Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Very intelligent rabbit Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Passeridae Megapixelianae]

SPARROW Bird with high visual acuity Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Bird with high visual acuity Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Pavo exosceletus]

PEACOCK Attractive gallinaceous bird with an almighty armor Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Attractive gallinaceous bird with an almighty armor Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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Nous ignorons le sens du dragon, comme nous ignorons le sens de l'univers, mais il y a dans son image quelque chose qui s'accorde avec l'imagination des hommes, et ainsi le dragon apparaît à des époques et sous des latitudes différentes. C'est, pourrait-on dire, un monstre nécessaire... JL Borges, Le livre des êtres imaginaires

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[Strix predatoris]

GREAT GREY OWL Predator-resistant feathers Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Predator-resistant feathers Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Sypheotides divinare]

PHYTHIA PASSARAGE Bird with precognitive dreams Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Bird with precognitive dreams Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Uromanis supraclimatis]

PANGOLIN Climate change-tolerant mammal Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

* Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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[Varanus imitabilis]

MONITOR LIZARD Mimetic lizard Insect adapted to continuous tracking GPS receiver in the horn acts as an integrated antenna. Secretion of a two-layer ABS/Plexiglas material by the engineered animal. Accurate of time signals.

Mimetic lizard Head and thorax made with aluminum for short-wavelength transmissions in the ISM band from 2,400–2,480 MHz. Able to withstand accelerations of 12,000 g or about 118 km/s2. Additional L5 frequency band at 1.17645 GHz. Animal for continuous tracking.

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III DE L’OR POUR UN CŒUR ÉTERNEL

DE L’OR POUR UN CŒUR ÉTERNEL

La formule fondamentale de l’auto régénérescence.

"Souviens-toi que le Temps est un joueur avide» écrit C. Baudelaire «mais je suis le temps» semble lui répondre J.L. Borges. « Le temps est un fleuve qui m’entraine, mais je suis le temps; c’est un tigre qui me déchire, mais je suis le tigre : c’est un feu qui me consume, mais je suis le feu (Nouvelle réfutation du temps). Le rythme des battements réguliers qui oscillent à l’intérieur de chaque êtres vivants caractérise le cycle de la vie qui commence et prend fin. Avec ce cœur en or, superbe et indestructible, le désir d’un temps immortel s’incarne dans un habit de séduction : organe de luxe à la mesure de notre vanité, infini et dérisoir.

"Souviens-toi que le Temps est un joueur avide» écrit C. Baudelaire «mais je suis le temps» semble lui répondre J.L. Borges. Le rythme des battements réguliers qui oscillent à l’intérieur de chaque êtres vivants caractérise le cycle de la vie qui commence et prend fin. Avec ce cœur en or, superbe et indestructible, le désir d’un temps immortel s’incarne dans un habit de séduction : un organe de luxe à la mesure de notre vanité, infinie et dérisoire.

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“Il existe un fleuve dont les eaux donnent l'immortalité; il doit y avoir quelque part un autre fleuve dont les eaux l'effacent” L'Aleph, L'immortel, JL Borges, 1952 “Il existe un fleuve dont les eaux donnentl'immortalité; il doit y avoir quelque part un autre fleuvedont les eaux l'effacent” L'Aleph, L'immortel, JL Borges, 1952

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recueil et références scientifiques animaux augmentés Trois expérimentations,dont la dernière publiée dans Current Biology le 19 février 2014, ont augmenté les capacités intellectuelles de souris en modifiant la séquence de leur ADN avec des segments de chromosomes humains ou en leur injectant des cellules gliales cérébrales humaines. Ces animaux modifiés ont de plus gros cerveaux et effectuent plus rapidement des tâches complexes. Les séquences ADN qui ont été modifiées avec succès sont impliquées chez l’homme dans le langage (gène FOXP2) et la taille du cerveau (séquence HARE5). Parallèlement, des manipulations génétiques multiples ont été réussies chez deux petits singes, ce qui leur a valu la couverture du magazine Nature le 6 mars 2014. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2011

impression du vivant En 2013, Michael McAlpine, un chercheur de l’université de Princeton (New Jersey, États-Unis) est parvenu à imprimer une oreille bionique, mêlant cellules vivante et nanoparticules d’argent, capable de détecter un champ de fréquences un million de fois plus élevé qu’une oreille normale. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2011

la science crée des lapins un cœur artif iciel f luorescents bioprothétique totalement Des équipes de recherche composées de scientifiques de l’université d’Hawaii et de Turquie sont parvenues implantable à modifier génétiquement des lapins afin de les rendre fluorescents. Après avoir injecté les protéines responsables de la fluorescence des méduses dans le génome d'un lapin, ils ont pu constater que le transfert avait fonctionné. Une conclusion qui ouvre des portes sur les possibles guérisons d'un grand nombre de maladies. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2013

des arbres luminescents pour éclairer la ville Une équipe de l'Academia Sinica et de l'université nationale Cheng Kung (Taïwan), menée par Yen-Hsun Su, est parvenue à rendre luminescentes une plante aquatique, Bacopa caroliniana, en introduisant dans les feuilles des nanoparticules d'or en forme d'oursin. (…) Les chercheurs espèrent qu'à terme les nanoparticules d'or permettront de remplacer la lumière électrique des villes et des routes par de la lumière biologique. Les lampadaires qui éclairent nos rues pourraient un jour être remplacés par des arbres luminescents... S.F. -, SCIENCE & VIE, Février 2011

En 2015, le professeur Alain Carpentier a implanter une bioprothèse cardiaque capable de mimer le cœur naturel, adapter à l’effort et ne nécessitant pas de traitement anticoagulant. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2011

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la science crée des lapins f luorescents Des équipes de recherche composées de scientifiques de l’université d’Hawaii et de Turquie sont parvenues à modifier génétiquement des lapins afin de les rendre fluorescents. Après avoir injecté les protéines responsables de la fluorescence des méduses dans le génome d'un lapin, ils ont pu constater que le transfert avait fonctionné. Une conclusion qui ouvre des portes sur les possibles guérisons d'un grand nombre de maladies. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2011

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un cœur artif iciel bioprothétique totalement implantable En 2015, le professeur Alain Carpentier a implanter une bioprothèse cardiaque capable de mimer le cœur naturel, adapter à l’effort et ne nécessitant pas de traitement anticoagulant. S.F. -, LOREM IPSUM, Février 2011