If you’re finding it hard waiting until November for the 11:11:11 UpStage Festival, you might be interested in checking out the Odyssey Performance Art Festival, taking place from 7-12 July in Second Life. The festival opens with an avatar parade and open stage, and the […]
Walk-through: using web cams in UpStage – 6 July
The next walk-through will focus on using web cams in UpStage: how to configure your web cam FTP application, create your web cam avatar, and exploring some of the ways of using web cams within an UpStage performance. It will be on Wednesday 6 July […]
an online mini-sprint
Today I participated in a spontaneous online mini-sprint on the UpStage server: sitting at home in munich, I watched Paul’s computer screen on the other side of the world in Auckland, NZ; the green square that was his cursor flicked along lines of white text […]
Technical tour: Flash programming for UpStage Avatars
Ben Unterman has been invited to do a brief introduction to some of the more complex avatars created for UpStage by the Virtual Theatre group. This will take the form of an open tour of avatars created for three different shows. The tour will begin […]
The 11:11:11 UpStage Festival needs your support!
UpStage is a web-based platform for live, collaborative performance, presenting an annual international festival of cyerformance by artists from around the world. The platform is free and open source, and it’s free for you to attend the festival – online, wherever you are. UpStage is […]
Live Performers Meeting, Rome
Two presentations at the Live Performers Meeting (Rome, 19-22 May) will feature UpStage: on Friday 20th Paula Crutchlow (online from the UK) and Helen Varley Jamieson will give a presentation about their networked performance make-shift, which uses UpStage in conjunction with streaming audio & video […]
Open walk-throughs: Wed 30th March & Sunday 3 April
There will be two more open walk-through sessions in UpStage before the 11 April deadline for proposals for the 111111 UpStage Festival. These will be on: Wednesday 30th March, at 8pm NZ time (find your local time here) Sunday 3rd April, at 8pm European time […]
UpStage in the Libre Graphics Mag
UpStage was generously given a free full-page ad in the first issue of the new Libre Graphics Magazine, published in November 2010. The magazine, which is available to download or to purchase as a very nicely presented hardcopy, is produced by members of the Libre […]
Open walk-throughs: Tues/Wed., 8/9 March
The next open walk-throughs in UpStage will be held on Wednesday 9 March: => 9am NZ time (find your local time here) => 9pm NZ time (find your local time here) These sessions are the start of preparations for the 111111 UpStage Festival. There will […]
Call for Proposals: 111111 UpStage Festival
The official call for proposals for performances for the 111111 UpStage Festival opens on 11022011 (today) with a deadline for proposals of 11 April 2011.