International zone

An international zone is any area not fully subject to the border control policies of the state in which it is located. There are several types of international zones ranging from special economic zones and sterile zones at ports of entry exempt from customs rules to concessions over which administration is ceded to one or more foreign states. International zones may also maintain distinct visa policies from the rest of the surrounding state. A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the jurisdiction within which it is located. SEZs are generally established in order to increase foreign direct investment or facilitate export-oriented manufacturing. Depending on its purpose, an SEZ typically has less strict border control policies with regard to customs. An export processing zone will typically allow for goods manufactured for export to be exempt from excise tax and for capital goods and raw materials to be exempt from customs duties upon import, while a bonded logistics park will typically exempt a designated area from all or most customs regulations. The most extreme category of SEZ is a freeport (e.g. Luxembourg Freeport, Singapore Freeport, Geneva Freeport), in which goods stored or transhipped are treated as never having entered the host jurisdiction. Uniquely, Svalbard is an entirely visa-free zone under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, which recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard but subjects it to certain stipulations and consequently not all Norwegian law applies, including border controls. The treaty regulates the demilitarisation of the archipelago. The signatories were given equal rights to engage in commercial activities (mainly coal mining) on the islands. , Norway and Russia are making use of this right. Similarly, simplified visa policies are in force for Iran's special economic zones of Kish and Qeshm islands, and for Iraqi Kurdistan. A concession is a territory within a state over which another state has been granted jurisdiction.

Thamesplace: habiter et traverser la Tamise (Londres, GB)

Hestia Maillet-Contoz

Thamesplace habite et traverse un bras de mer tortueux dont les courants saumâtres et contraires entaillent Londres depuis ses origines telle une liquid history. La Tamise offre aux londoniens le spectacle perpétuel et discret de ses marées, dont le rythme et la présence scindent la ville en deux rives historiquement antagonistes. Les mouvements lents et répétitifs de la rivière se révèlent par des éléments fixes et mobiles, mus par l'énergie cinétique de l'eau. Thamesplace est une entité autonome et architecturale, un lieu, au creux du plus ample méandre de la rivière londonienne: entre le fastueux complexe culturel de Greenwich et la péninsule socialement contrastée d'Isle of Dogs. Thamesplace hybride le langage de la grande infrastructure et de l'espace public en théâtralisant une traversée, en-dessous puis au-dessus de l'eau, établissant ainsi une chorégraphie du mouvement avec la Tamise. Les barques et navires poursuivent sans entraves leur ballet incessant tandis que les piétons et cyclistes défilent ou dérivent entre Nord et Sud. Thamesplace réinterprète et amplifie les lectures d'un site, ludiques et démocratiques, où l'on s'y baigne, s'y prélasse, où l'on se restaure et se donne en spectacle. Enfin, Thamesplace conjugue les activités “tamisiaques” du passé avec les besoins de mobilité d'une population toujours croissante en rappelant les mots de R. Rogers: «[...] allowing the Thames to become a focus for activity rather than a sterile gulf between North and South London».

2016

Thamesplace: habiter et traverser la Tamise (Londres, GB)

Exploiting Long-Term Connectivity and Visual Motion in CRF-based Multi-Person Tracking

Exploiting Long-Term Connectivity and Visual Motion in CRF-based Multi-Person Tracking

Thamesplace: habiter et traverser la Tamise (Londres, GB)