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From the album ''War Ina Babylon'' Max Romeo & The Apsetters

Performers: Gamelan Semara Ratih of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Music: Manuk Anguci, a now-classic Balinese gamelan instrumental piece Composer: I Nyoman Senen, from the village of Pindha, Saba, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia Director: Anak Agung Gede Anom Putra Music director: I Ketut Cater Dance director: Ayu Sukmawati

Slippery when wet.

How life emerges from a simple particle motion law: Introducing the Primordial Particle Systems Self-structuring patterns can be observed all over the universe, from galaxies to molecules to living matter, yet their emergence is waiting for full understanding. We discovered a simple motion law for moving and interacting self-propelled particles leading to a self-structuring, self-reproducing and selfsustaining life-like system. The patterns emerging within this system resemble patterns found in living organisms. The emergent cells we found show a distinct life cycle and even create their own ecosystem from scratch. These structures grow and reproduce on their own, show self-driven behavior and interact with each other. Here we analyze the macroscopic properties of the emerging ecology, as well as the microscopic properties of the mechanism that leads to it. Basic properties of the emerging structures (size distributions, longevity) are analyzed as well as their resilience against sensor or actuation noise.

Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.

by Keiichi Matsuda