Designer, artist and researcher Zane Berzina gives artist talks, lectures and leads workshops at research centres, colleges, design companies and cultural organisations internationally.

A LIST OF SELECTED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

2011___   
Intelligent Textiles
Open Lecture " Intelligent Textiles" at Design Research Lab, University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), Germany

2010___   
BIO.Logics - Sustainable Design and Technology Concepts Inspired by Nature
Talk & Workshop Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

2009___   
Light & Static Shadows
Open lecture and panel discussion at the international seminar 'Designing Sensorial Hospitality Using Light as a Medium'
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Wessensee, Germany

Panel: Prof. Dr. Renno Nilton (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan), Prof. Dr. Panu Martti Lehtovuori (Professor in Urban Studies, Estonian Academy of Arts / Co-founder of Livady Architects, Helsinki), Jackson Tan (Interactive Architect, in square Lab/Hopkins Architects, UK), Moderator: Prof. Masayo Ave

Smart Materials and Soft Technologies
Open lecture
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Wessensee, Germany

E-Static Shadows or Weaving an Electrostatic Mirror
Lecture at electronic-text+textiles (e-t+t), Riga, Latvia
www.e-text-textiles.lv

Static Shadows
Open panel discussion. In conversation with architect Jackson Tan (Architect, in square Lab), Dr. Mark Miodownik (Materials Library, Kings College London), Frances Geesin, (Textiles and Materials, London College of Fashion), Steven A. Rogacki (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan) and Sue Mossman, (Curator, Science Museum).
Dana Centre, Science Museum, London, UK.

2008___                  
Text-ile Connections
Lecture and workshop at the seminar series 'FOKUStextil', HAW Hamburg, Department Design, Germany

Surface and Experiment
Artist talk and Workshop at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK

Workshop Fashionable Technologies within the framework of the project e-MOTION at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK)

2007___                  
Talk & workshop on smart textiles and skin for the project 'SKIN', PHILIPS DESIGN, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Lecture and workshop at the Academy of Media Arts of Cologne, Germany

Talk and workshop at the Swedish School of Textiles, University College of Borås, Sweden

Lecture and workshop at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, Department of Textiles, Estonia

2006___                 
Art and Science seminar
Artist talk and panel discussion.
British Council, Riga, Latvia in collaboration with the Swedish School of Economics in Riga.

Panel: Dr. Ken Arnold (Wellcome Trust, London), Dr. Mark Miodownik (Materials Library, Kings College London) and Dr. Zane Berzina.

2005___                 
Artist talk at Hexagram, Institute for Research and Creation in Media Arts and Technologies, Concordia University in Montreal, Canada

Artist talk at the seminar 'Materials, Fashion & Design' at Queen Mary University of London, Department of Materials

Artist talk at the 'Fashion Science Workshop', London College of Fashion in collaboration with IMI, The Intelligent Media Institute

2004-2008___       
Artists' talks and masterclasses at Zijdelings Textile Centre, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Images from the Fashionable Technologies workshop within the framework of the project e-MOTION at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK)