make-shift will be performed on Saturday 20th August at 10am UK time, as part of Legacy & Challenge, the 25th anniversary festival of The Magdalena Project. Online audiences join the performance via a purpose-built interface that combines UpStage with audio-visual streaming. The performance starts at […]
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The Net & the Butterfly
The Net & the Butterfly is an allegorical cyberformance about the challenges of documenting live online performance, created and presented in UpStage by Francesco Buonaiuto, Helen Varley Jamieson and Vicki Smith. Constructed from the digital traces of past cyberformances, it is simultaneously a performative presentation […]
Another online festival, in Second Life 7-12 July
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 […]
11:11:11: initial call-out to nodes
This is an initial call-out to anyone who may be interested in hosting a “real-life access node” for the 11:11:11 UpStage Festival (11 November 2011). RL (real life) access nodes are held in conjunction with the UpStage festival to provide venues for proximal audiences around […]
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 […]
Open Walkthrough Wednesday 8 June – next steps
Next up in UpStage will be an open meeting on Wednesday 8 June at 8pm in Aotearoa/NZ 10am European, 9am UK time. 11:11:11 invited artists are encouraged to attend to discuss workshops and support for creating your shows those interested in hosting the festival are […]
meanwhile, in the wider UpStage community …
Lots is happening right now in the world of UpStage: the 11:11:11 artists are busy getting started on making their shows, the AUT student team is working on bug-fixing & enhancements, Martin is getting into his research for a complete rebuild of UpStage, Vicki is […]
“Where are the Knedl?”
“Where are the Knedl?” is a live jam from the Schaumbad artists who presented “Recipes for 2010” at the 101010 UpStage Festival last year and again in January as part of the Art’s Birthday 101010 Again event. This Friday’s performance is being presented as part […]
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 […]
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.