<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">On Thursday, March 30th, Artengine will host a talk by media artist and designer Anne Niemetz</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"> from the school of Design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The presentation is entitled <i>Creative Expressions in Wearable Technology. </i>It is a unique opportunity to gain insights from an experienced practitioner in this field.</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Event Description:</b></font></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-5506201687329688919gmail-m_7391712570238581006gmail-docs-internal-guid-dec697a6-ed63-676f-ebb6-a127a4b22ccc"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From illuminated dresses to interactive performance systems, Anne's presentation will include excerpts of her creative practice as well as outstanding wearable technology projects by her students. From prototype to final design, Anne will be discussing design strategies for using electronics to create illuminated, sounding and moving garments. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Event details:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date: </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday,</span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 30th</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Time:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> doors at 7:00pm, talk begins at 7:30pm</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Free, spaces limited. please reserve your spot </span><a href="https://anneniemetz.eventbrite.ca/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cash bar</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1436367436415535/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22:%223%22,%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22:%22regular%22,%22feed_story_type%22:%22117%22,%22action_history%22:%22null%22%7D" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">event page </span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information contact: </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:technical@artengine.ca" target="_blank">technical@artengine.ca</a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bio:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Anne Niemetz is a media artist and designer working in the fields of wearable technology, interactive installation and audio-visual design. She is particularly fascinated by the convergence of art, science, design and technology, and she pursues collaborative and cross-disciplinary projects.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Anne holds a Media Arts degree from the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (HfG), Germany, with a focus in digital media and interactive sound installation. She continued her studies at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where she received an MFA in Design and Media Arts in 2004. In 2007 she moved to New Zealand, where she holds the position of Senior Lecturer in the Media Design programme at Victoria University of Wellington.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.adime.de/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">www.adime.de</font></span></a></p></span></div></div></div>