:-) greetings from vienna, gs Am 27.11.2013 um 14:21 schrieb helen varley jamieson <he...@creative-catalyst.com>:
> == apologies for cross-posting == > > The 10th birthday of UpStage will be celebrated on 9-10 January 2014 with > three performances, a symposium on remote collaboration, a planning meeting > and the launch of UpStage v3. > > The full programme is now online at http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=5734 > Since 2004, artists and students around the world have collaborated via the > internet to create real-time interactive performances (cyberformance) using > the web-based platform UpStage. Annual festivals have involved hundreds of > artists and thousands of audience members, and a strong community has > developed. To celebrate ten years of UpStage, three new performances have > been created; a networked symposium - between Wellington, Munich and other > locations - will address remote collaboration; and a planning meeting will > bring together key people to discuss possible futures for UpStage. > UpStage v3 > The third version of the UpStage software will be launched at the birthday > celebrations. Incorporating full audio-visual streaming, new features and > many enhancements, v3 has been developed by Martin Eisenbarth (Germany) and > the UpStage student team at Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand). > It is a significant leap forward for the software, not only in terms of > features and usability but also in stability and documentation. > Three New Cyberformances > Five veteran cyberformers and their collaborators are busy creating three new > works to be presented at the birthday celebrations: Vita Cyberformativa by > Miljana Perić, Balloon by Petyr Veenstra, Floris Sirag and Gabriella Sacco, > and a new work by Etheatre Project and collaborators. > Miljana Perić first became involved in UpStage in 2006, and has presented > work at all but one of the festivals. Her energetic and humorous shows blend > theory with politics, and always have strong audio content, reflecting her > background as a musician, ethnomusicologist and sound artist. The trio > creating Balloon previously presented A Plunge in the Pool at the 121212 > UpStage Festival and Flat Earth at 11:11:11. With backgrounds in theatre, > visual arts and music, the group's shows are like audiovisual poetry, > gradually unfolding stories through rich imagery and haunting text. Etheatre > director and theatre researcher Christina Papagiannouli explores and > discusses political issues through cyberformance. Previous work has addressed > the Egyptian revolution (The Cyberian Chalk Circle, 2011) and the Greek > crisis (Merry Crisis and a Happy New Fear, 2012). For this new work, she has > gathered an international group to develop a performance that uses internal > European migration as a starting point. > The Networked Symposium > An online symposium addressing the topic of remote collaboration in > cyberformance and networked performance will accompany the performances. > Hosted by Signalraum (Munich) with guest speaker Annie Abrahams, the > symposium aims to provide a space for reflection, discussion, and analysis. > Audiences will be able to participate online as well as at the venues in > Munich and Wellington. Remote presentations will be given by Isabel Valverde > (Portugal) and Christina Papagiannouli (London). > The Planning Meeting > A meeting in Wellington and online will discuss the current situation of > UpStage and plan for its sustainable future in an increasingly difficult > economic climate. > > Surprise us with a birthday present for UpStage! > Donate here: http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278 > (if you are a New Zealand tax payer, donations over $5 are tax deductible!) > > More information about the 10th Birthday: www.upstage.org.nz > Contact: i...@upstage.org.nz > > -- > helen varley jamieson > he...@creative-catalyst.com > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.wehaveasituation.net > http://www.upstage.org.nz > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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