<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">Hexagram | CIAM in collaboration with PHI Centre</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">present the first edition of the <b>HEXA_OUT</b> series’ Thematic Roundtables</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">How can collaboration between the arts, sciences and engineering be enhanced?</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">Friday, November 16<sup>th</sup> 2012 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">PHI Centre</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">407, Saint-Pierre Street, Montreal</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">Free admission</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">In French and English (without translation)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">HEXA_OUT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> is one of Hexagram | CIAM's public events which aims to stimulate the transfer of knowledge and methodologies through discussion and exchange between media arts researchers. This event is an opportunity for the public to witness the vibrant research-creation being produced at Hexagram | CIAM.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">This first edition of <b>HEXA_OUT</b> will attempt to shed light on the concepts of efficiency and acceleration when researchers from the arts, humanities and engineering work collaboratively. The discussion will be moderated by astronomer <b>Roger Malina</b>, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Technology and Professor of Physics at the University of Texas, Dallas. Since 1982 he has been the Executive Editor of Leonardo (MIT Press) whose mission is to promote and make visible work that explores the interaction between the arts, sciences and new technologies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">This event is the first of Hexagram | CIAM’s 2012-13 public programming with a new partnership with PHI Center, which focuses on their complementary mandates, bringing academic research-creation and quality dissemination to the Montreal community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Participating researchers and their collaborators:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Martine Époque</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> and <b>Denis Poulin,</b> founders LARTech (UQAM) with <b>Marc Côté</b>, engineer, founder and president of FAKE; </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://lartech.uqam.ca">lartech.uqam.ca</a>; <a href="http://fake-studio.com">fake-studio.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Eric Raymond</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">, artist and professor (UQAM) with <b>Dominic Létourneau</b>, engineer, IntRoLab (Université de Sherbrooke); </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://eric-raymond.com">eric-raymond.com</a>; <a href="http://introlab.3it.usherbrooke.ca">introlab.3it.usherbrooke.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sha Xin Wei</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">, professor (Concordia) and founder of the Topological Media Lab with<b> David Morris</b>, professor of Philosophy (Concordia); <a href="http://topologicalmedialab.net/">topologicalmedialab.net/</a></span><span style="font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">; <a href="http://philosophy.concordia.ca/facultyandstaff/faculty/morris.php">philosophy.concordia.ca/facultyandstaff/faculty/morris.php</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Leila Sujir</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">, artist and professor (Concordia) with <b>Maria Lantin, </b>Director, Intersections Digital Studios (Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver), <a href="http://studio-arts.concordia.ca/people/faculty/intermediacyberarts/full-time/leila-sujir.php"> studio-arts.concordia.ca/people/faculty/intermediacyberarts/full-time/leila-sujir.php</a>; <a href="http://marialantin.com">marialantin.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Pa2" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hexagram l CIAM </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">For over a decade, Hexagram | Centre interuniversitaire des arts médiatiques is internationally recognized as a Canadian pole of excellence for interdisciplinary research in media arts. More than 80 researchers are members of its two main centers located at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Concordia University, extending out to Université de Montréal and École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). Many fruitful collaborations have emerged between individuals and institutions in the cultural sector and also with private companies, in Québec, Canada and around the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">PHI Centre – For art in all its forms</span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">The PHI Centre is a smart building with a host of production studios and creative spaces – the most sophisticated technical resources available in the hands of artists and innovators. It is a place for producing work that is inspiring and thought-provoking; work that is responsive and edgy, that wakes you up and is a motor for change. It is also a place for the presentation of art and the exchange of exciting creative ideas of all manners, for all manner of people, coming from all manner of context possible - from the neighbourhood to the other side of the planet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Objetducommentaire1" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"> <span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hexagram l CIAM</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="http://hexagramciam.org">hexagramciam.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoCommentText"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Centre PHI </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="http://phi-centre.com/fr/index.sn">phi-centre.com/fr/index.sn</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Hexagram-Concordia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="http://hexagram.concordia.ca">hexagram.concordia.ca</a></span></p><p class="MsoCommentText"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">HexagramUQAM </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><a href="http://hexagram.uqam.ca">hexagram.uqam.ca</a></span></p><p class="Objetducommentaire1" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><a href="http://hexagram.uqam.ca"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Roger Malina is also a guest for Hexagram-Concordia’s <i>Distinguished Speakers Series</i>. He will give a seminar on November 15<sup>th</sup> from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and a public lecture on November 16<sup>th</sup> from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hexagram Resource Centre<b>, </b>EV Building, room EV 11.705<b>, </b>Concordia University<b>, </b>1515 Ste. Catherine St. West,<b> </b>Montreal QC. For further information on these events: <a href="http://hexagram.concordia.ca"> hexagram.concordia.ca</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">-</span></p></div></div></body></html>