/*More than 50 artists from around the world will collaborate online, in
real time, to present 18 cyberformances in the 101010 UpStage Festival,
10-11 October 2010.*/
The diverse programme ranges from who-dunnits, sports training and
comedy, to physical and theoretical explorations of contemporary digital
life -- and more. Most of the shows, which are no longer than 20 minutes
each, will be performed twice during the festival to cater for audiences
in different time zones. Here's a taste of what you can look forward to.
Virtual Theatre, a Canadian group, whose innovative show Lines in 090909
involved audience members drawing mandalas that magically animated, will
this year unveil a new, top-secret, interactive tool in Murder 2.0,
enabling the audience to solve a murder. Wireless network data will be
used to create colourful visuals in Colourful WiFi Network. The New
Zealand school children who presented Maui and the Sun last year have
created a new show, West Side's Story. Some performances, such as
Theatre of Exchange, make-shift, X marks the spot, Sprinkler Fountain
and Aquifer Fountain, are elements of larger projects that audiences can
continue to follow after the festival. More details about all of the
shows is online at www.upstage.org.nz <http://www.upstage.org.nz>.
Audiences can participate from anywhere in the world with a standard
browser and internet connection. There will also be ten "real life"
access nodes, located in New Zealand, Canada, the USA, France, the
Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Vietnam. Nodes are physical venues
where audiences gather to share the experience of the performances. In
Auckland, the 101010 node is part of Tempo, New Zealand's major dance
festival, while the first-ever open air node will take place at Le Petit
Versaille in New York. Details of the locations and times of the nodes
are below.
UpStage is a web-based platform for cyberformance -- live online
performance by remote players; audiences need only to click on a link in
an email or web page to access the performances, and everything happens
in the web browser. Audiences can interact with the players and each
other via a text chat (and, in the case of Murder 2.0, via other
yet-to-be-revealed means!).
The 101010 Publicity Pack
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/wp-content/uploads/101010_media_september.pdf>
is now available for to download. It contains:
* this media release
* list of the 18 selected performances and artists
* list of the 10 RL access nodes and information about the nodes
* background to UpStage
* links to showreels and images
UpStage is open source and is currently being developed and maintained
by students from Auckland University of Technology's School of Computing
and Mathematical Sciences. The UpStage server is generously hosted by
CityLink. The 101010 UpStage Festival has received a grant from Creative
New Zealand, and festival documentation is sponsored by Stray Media.
The 101010 UpStage Festival is the fourth annual international showcase
of cyberformance created in UpStage; it is curated by Vicki Smith and
Helen Varley Jamieson, two of the original instigators of UpStage.
You are very welcome to distribute this information to your networks and
any interested people.
We look forward to sharing another exciting cyberformance extravaganza
with you!
www.upstage.org.nz
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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst
[email protected]
http://www.creative-catalyst.com
http://www.avatarbodycollision.org
http://www.upstage.org.nz
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