After 18 hours of cyberformance and some online partying at the end, the 080808 UpStage Festival has ended. All over the world, exhausted cyberformers and online audience members are collapsing into bed, no matter what time of day or night. Thirteen shows were performed – […]
Helen, Dan and Vicki show just how bright and fresh they can look on 2 hours sleep! Beaming because the festival has gone so well … only a couple of hours left now …
The RL access node in Oslo – love those big UpStage banners! Photographer – Cato Normann
The first block of performances in the 080808 UpStage Festival has finished – everything has gone very well, and the shows are great! Diverse, interesting, rich, fun. The second block of performances begins at 2am NZ time, with Amazigh Storyteller. This show is en francais, […]
The 080808 Foyer is now open – click here to enter. Live links to the show will be accessible from the Foyer and on the programme page. Please turn your sound on; some stages may take a few minutes to load so we recommend you […]
UpStage is vibrating with anticipation!!! The foyer has been cleaned and is ready for guests. The performers are busy doing their dress rehearsals and technical checks; the schedule has been finalised and links to the stages will be live from the programme page when 080808 […]
Something else besides the 080808 UpStage Festival is happening on 080808 (& I’m not talking about the Olympics!). It’s 080808 Digital Color: Something from Something or Nothing and online participants can set a bit to 0 or 1 in order to “produce a conversation online […]
ActiveLayers have received Grand Uncle’s latest broadcast – this time he has been taking calls from Peter Smith in New Zealand and Lizzy in England. He is also showcasing some original music by Brynne. Follow the link to have a listen: https://www.activelayers.net/~activela/callinghome/uncle.html We believe Grand […]
Stories of identity and histories that connect countries, cultures and centuries are among the performances selected for the 080808 UpStage Festival, which takes place on 8 August 2008. The festival features 14 live online performances by artists in 14 time zones, and will be accessible […]
The Norsk Telemuseum in Oslo will be one of the RL (‘real life’) access nodes for the 080808 UpStage Festival. From 10.30 to 6pm on Friday 8 August, people in Oslo will be able to participate in 080808 at the Telemuseum. The festival shows will […]
