Digital Performance students at Wesleyan University (USA) presented six short virtual performances in UpStage. “We are testing the potential of the software for interactivity and live graphic storytelling. Students will be the ‘actors’ who will be moving the avatars, backgrounds, props, voice and sound that […]
events
090909 Matchmaking session
If you’re thinking about putting in a proposal for a show for the 090909 UpStage Festival, come along to the matchmaking session at 8am 17 March NZ time (that will be Monday 16th for many of you – find your local time here). This is […]
Call for proposals: 090909 UpStage Festival
The third UpStage festival of cyberformance (live online performance) will be held on 090909 (9 September 2009). The call is now open for performance proposals. The 090909 Upstage Festival aims to create a participatory space for collaboration, creation, and for the presentation of current cyberformance. […]
Open session: Wednesday 4 March
The next open session in UpStage will take place from 8-9pm NZ time on Wednesday 4 March; find your local time here. This session will be primarily to announce the call for performances for the 090909 UpStage Festival, taking place on 9 September this year. […]
UpStage for Educators
UpStage cyberformer vicki smith will be running a walkthru session at the UnConference, part the Learning@School conference in Rotorua. L@S is the annual Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development event for educators, managers, providers and facilitators involved in the compulsory education sector in Aotearoa/NZ. Join […]
UpStage at the Performing Presence conference
On 29 March, Helen Varley Jamieson and Paula Crutchlow used UpStage and Skype in their performative presentation “Are You There?” at the Performing Presence conference, University of Exeter. Paula was on-site at the conference and Helen appeared from New Zealand. “Are you there?” begins a […]
Intercreate – SCANZ Symposium
UpStage was used to present a performative paper, Enacting Collective Intelligence, at Intercreate, the SCANZ symposium in New Plymouth, New Zealand, February 7-8 (find your local time here). Here are a few photos from the presentation (taken by Kath O’Donnell).
December: Walk-through and Swaray
The next open walk-through will be on Wednesday 3 December (or Thursday 4th if you are in the front part of the world), and a Swaray will be held on Thursday 4th December. The walk-through is for those of you who are new to UpStage […]
November walk-through on Tuesday 4th
Just for a change, the next open walk-through will be on a Tuesday rather than the usual Wednesday: it is happening at 8pm New Zealand time on Tuesday November 4th; click here to find your local time. The open walk-through is an opportunity for those […]
UpStage at DIMEA
There will be an UpStage tutorial in Athens, Greece on 10 September at the 3rd International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA 2008). The presentation will be given by Miljana Peric (on site) and Helen Varley Jamieson (remotely), from 11.15am to […]