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Happy new year everyone :)<br>
<br>
As we move into 2014, the auspicious 10th birthday of UpStage is
less than a week away! Dedicated UpStagers are busy with final
preparations for the launch of UpStage v3, three performances, the
networked symposium, and a planning meeting that will take place
over two days on 9-10 January. <br>
<br>
The performances are:<br>
<ul>
<li><em>Vita cyberformativa</em> by Miljana Peric</li>
<li><em>Balloon</em> by Petyr Veenstra, Floris Sirag and Gabriella
Sacco</li>
<li><em>Etheatre Project and Collaborators.</em></li>
</ul>
Information about the <a href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=5782">performances
and presentations is available here</a>; the <a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=5734">full programme,
with time converters, is here</a>. There will be live links from
the programme to the stages on the day.<br>
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The networked symposium takes place online and at Signalraum in
Munich, with presentations by Annie Abrahams, Isabel Valverde and
Christina Papagiannouli. There will be live links to the
presentations from the programme page. Thanks very much to Horst
Konietzny and his team at <a href="http://www.signalraum.de">Signalraum</a>
for hosting the symposium. <br>
<br>
We would also like to thank <a href="http://www.madlab.nl/">MAD
emergent art centre</a> in Eindhoven for streaming support, <a
href="http://www.aut.ac.nz/">AUT</a> for the student programmer
team, and <a href="http://www.citylink.co.nz/"> CityLink</a> for
their ongoing hosting of the UpStage server.<br>
<br>
And of course big thank yous to those who have donated! If you
haven't yet, it's not too late to <a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278">surprise us with a
birthday gift to UpStage</a> - show your support and appreciation
for 10 years of fun and experimental cyberformance in UpStage!<br>
<br>
We look forward to seeing you all at the celebrations! <br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
vicki smith & helen varley jamieson<br>
UpStage birthday architects<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@upstage.org.nz">info@upstage.org.nz</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.upstage.org.nz">www.upstage.org.nz</a><br>
<p align="center"><b><a href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/">Ten
Years of UpStage! 9-10 January 2014</a></b></p>
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