[spectre] Donations appeal: 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance

[helen varley jamieson]

More than 100 performance artists from around the world come together in 
December for the 121212 Upstage Festival of Cyberformance -- a festival 
of innovative live performance all created and performed online.

Attending the 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance is completely 
free for anyone -- but it costs money to produce, so organisers are 
seeking donations to help make it happen 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278>.

The annual festival, now in its sixth year, is organised by artists 
Vicki Smith and Helen Varley Jamieson, with a team of dedicated 
volunteers in New Zealand and around the world -- online meetings of the 
team cross multiple timezones and languages.

The festival takes place online from 5-13 December, during which 38 
innovative live performances will be offered via a variety of online 
platforms -- all free of charge and accessible via a standard internet 
connection and browser.

A Creative New Zealand grant provides some assistance, however 
additional funds must still be raised to cover the organisational costs 
of the festival. Anyone planning to attend the festival is invited to 
donate in lieu of buying a ticket: click 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278>here 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278>to donate 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278> with your credit card or Paypal.

The UpStage Festival of Cyberformance has increased in scope and quality 
every year since 2007. This year, recognising the growth of 
cyberformance as an artform, the festival includes work in other online 
platforms; performances in Second Life, Waterwheel Tap, Visitors Studio, 
Icecast and Mosaika.tv feature alongside UpStage shows.

The festival takes place in two sections: Walking Backwards into the 
Future <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=3430> from 5-11 December and 
Testing 1 2, 1 2, 1 2 <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=3447> on 
Wednesday 12 December.

Walking Backwards into the Future is a retrospective of 19 remounted 
cyberformances celebrating the large and diverse body of work that has 
been generated through the past five UpStage festivals. Testing 1 2, 1 
2, 1 2 includes 19 new shows that experiment with real-time performance 
in a variety of online environments.

The selected cyberformances and further details can be found on the 
UpStage website at www.upstage.org.nz <http://www.upstage.org.nz/>. 
During the festival, the website becomes the hub, providing links for 
audience members to the stages or other platforms for each performance.

Running alongside the online festival are a series of 'real life access 
nodes' -- physical venues that screen sections of the festival for 
locally gathered audiences. So far nodes have been confirmed in 
Argentina, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal, with more 
to be announced soon.

Download the full media release 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/wp-content/uploads/121212_donations.pdf>, 
and click here to make your donation 
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278> -- contributions of any amount 
are gratefully appreciated!

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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst
helen at creative-catalyst.com    
http://www.creative-catalyst.com
http://www.make-shift.net
http://www.upstage.org.nz
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