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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cyberian Chalk Circle
Etheatre presents Cyberian Chalk Circle … an interactive cyberformance… an online game…a political chat room… Sit comfortable in your desk chair, your sofa, your bed or even your local café and follow our game while you are updating your TWITTER, chatting on your SKYPE, spying […]
UpStage at LiWoLi
LiWoLi is an annual gathering for artists, developers and educators using and creating FLOSS (free/libre open source software) and Open Hardware in the artistic and cultural context, held in Linz, Austria. This year it’s happening 12-14 May and Helen will be there giving a presentation […]