Christina Papagiannouli asks what are theatres doing online during the Covid19 lockdown, and identifies four types of platforms for online collaboration, citing UpStage as an example of purpose-built platforms.
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counting the numbers …
Just how many people have engaged with UpStage since it was launched in January 2004? We add up some of the numbers …
Networked Conversations as Activism
The article Networked Conversations as Activism by Helen Varley Jamieson has been published in INTERACT, a Portuguese online magazine for art, culture and technology.
It does not matter, I will eat it cold!
UpStage is honoured to be included in the pavillion “It does not matter, I will eat it cold!” curated by Maja Kalogera for The Wrong Biennial 2019-20 (from 1 November 2019) and exhibited at Art 836 G Gallery, Zagreb (from 1 December 2019).
Life-cycles & Sustainability of projects like UpStage, @ LGM 2019
Software projects are like gardens: they are ecosystems that require ongoing nurtuting and maintenance so that they can flourish; and they have life cycles – they evolve, and sometimes they die. At the 2019 Libre Graphics Meeting in SaarbrĂĽcken, the UpStage team led a […]
Letters to the Earth
On Friday 12 April 2019, at 9pm CET, UpStage joined theatres and arts organisations around the world in a global day of action coinciding with the international Extinction Rebellion and School Strike For Climate.
Helen’s Herbert Gallery Talk
In October 2016, Helen Varley Jamieson gave a talk at the Herbert Gallery, Coventry, about the project We have a situation!, cyberformance, UpStage and her work. The talk was recorded by Alan Van Wijgerden, and you can watch it below. The talk launched the project […]
Cyberformance and global civic engagement
A newly published book exploring how art can actively engage citizens in cultural and pedagogical discussions includes a chapter on the UpStage-based cyberformance project We have a situation!
UpStage Open Walkthrough
For those of you waiting in anticipation while we moved servers, pushed through some new code and plotted next steps. FINALLY the next UpStage walkthrough will be next Tuesday 2nd August 6pm NZST
meet some new faces, and old regulars – join us at https://live.upstage.org.nz/
Book launch: Political Cyberformance: The Etheatre Project
A new book about cyberformance will be launched in Cardiff, Wales on 26 April. Political Cyberformance: The Etheatre Project, by Christina Papagiannouli, examines the use of Internet platforms as theatrical, rehearsal and performance spaces and explores the interactive and political potentials of online theatre, questioning […]