The last-minute addition of two more “real-life” access nodes has meant that the 11:11:11 UpStage Festival now appropriately features 11 shows and 11 nodes!
One of the additional nodes is at Hacklab01 in Zagreb, while the other is, to be honest, not a “real life” node at all – as it is taking place within the virtual world of Second Life. The avatar Osprey Therian is hosting a screening of the festival within the virtual world, giving rise to the interesting situation of avatars watching other avatars perform.
Other nodes are taking place in Coimbra (Portugal), Rotterdam and Eindhoven (the Netherlands), Oslo (Norway), Pancevo (Serbia) and in four New Zealand centres: New Plymouth, Wellington, Greymouth and Hari Hari.
As if this wasn’t enough, as New Zealand entered into 11/11/11, one of the UpStage artists observed that the UpStage group on Facebook had … 111 members!!! Naturally, it wasn’t long before someone else wanted to join, but for at least 111 minutes there was a beautiful alignment …
