The call for proposals for the 101010 UpStage Festival has now closed (although we are still accepting late proposals, under exceptional circumstances & with elaborate excuses!) and the curators are busy sifting through a record number of proposals. Watch this space in early May for […]

The deadline for proposals for the 101010 UpStage Festival closes on 31 March – that’s one week away! we’ve already received some interesting submissions so we are sure it’s going to be another varied and exciting festival.

X marks the spot [https://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=812] did you know that there was a recent fundamental change to the way geographical maps are produced in aotearoa nz? have you heard of the transverse mercator? have you considered the myriad of ways we position ourselves using numbers?

The next open walk-through in UpStage will take place on April 5th or 6th, depending on where you are in the world. If you’re in Western Europe it will be 9pm on Monday 5 April; if you’re in New Zealand, it will be 7am on […]

The next open walk-through will be held on Wednesday 10 March 9pm New Zealand time – go to https://tinyurl.com/marchwalkthru to find your own local time. This walk-through will be helpful for everyone who will submit a proposal for the 101010 UpStage Festival, and who aren’t […]

STOP PRESS! A late donation has brought the server appeal up to its goal of $1200! Thank you all donors!! The UpStage server appeal has now closed; we managed to raise NZ$1000 – not quite our goal of $1200, but enough to be able to […]

A month after we launched our appeal to raise funds for a new server for UpStage, we are just over half-way to our goal of NZ$1200. We will close the appeal at the end of January and we need your help NOW to reach our […]

The next open walk-through will be held on Thursday 4 February at 2pm New Zealand time – this equates to 8pm on Wednesday 3rd Feb in Florida! Click here to find your own local time. This walk-through is specifically for anyone planning to submit a […]

Art’s Birthday is an annual exchange-art event celebrated on January 17th by a loose collection of artists and artist organizations around the world. This year we are joined in with a party in UpStage at 10am European time, 10pm NZ time on Sunday 17 January […]