»UpStage« 
Light Box
Light Box
© UpStage / participating artists; A screengrab from the performance Go Go Go during the Mobilise/Demobilise festival, October 15-17 2021, by Schaumbad Freies Atelierhaus-Graz. Artists: Katharina Aschauer, cym, Alexandra Gschiel, Eva-Maria Gugg, Doris Jauk-Hinz, Anita Hofer, Rebecca Hofer,
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Information
Helen Varley Jamieson >
»UpStage«, 2003
Co-Workers & Funding:
Vicki Smith, Teater InterAkt (Sweden), Schaumbad Freies Atelierhaus - Graz (Austria), Gloria W., Elisa de Cstro Guerra, Paul Rohrlach and others.http://upstage.org.nz/
http://upstage.live
Technology
Software
UpStage is a web-based venue for online performance; it is an open source server application that was first developed by Douglas Bagnall in 2003 and launched in January 2004. In 2021 it has been completely rebuilt to bring it up to date with current technologies. Please visit https://github.com/upstage-org/upstage for code and information.UpStage uses Flash to deliver real-time content to client browsers; because of this dependency, it does not function on mobile phones or tablets. The project is currently (2017) undergoing a complete rebuild in order to remove this dependency on Flash, take advantage of many new technologies, and become more accessible. This work is being undertaken by Paul Rohrlach and computing students at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Descriptions & Essays
Literature
Jamieson, Helen Varley. "We collaborate [t]here: processes of networked collaboration" - chapter in "Intersecting Art and Technology in Practice", eds. Camille Baker & Kate Sicchio.. Advances in Art and Visual Studies, New York: Routledge, 2017.
Papagiannouli, Christina. Political Cyberformance: the Etheatre Project. Palgrave Pivot, UK: Palgrave McMillan, 2016.
Gomes, Clara. »Ciberformance: a performance em ambientes e mundos virtuais (Cyberformance: performance in virtual worlds).« Colecção Estudos em Comunicação , no. 1 (2015).
Buonaiuto, Francesco and Helen Varley Jamieson and Vicki Smith. »The Net and the Butterfly, by Francesco , Helen Varley Jamieson and Vicki Smith;.« International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 10, no. 1 (2014).
Bent, Eliza. »Preview of the 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance.« American Theatre Magazine (December 2012): 60.
Jamieson, Helen Varley and Vicki Smith. »UpStage: An Online Tool for Real-Time Storytelling.« Creative Technologies Journal , no. 2 (November 2011).
Papagiannouli, Christina. »Cyberformance and the Cyberstage.« International Journal of the Arts in Society 6, no. 4 (2011).
Hadley, Bree. »Review of the 080808 UpStage Festival.« Australian Stage Online (2008).
Jamieson, Helen Varley. »UpStage: a platform for creating and performing online.« IEEE Multimedia 14, no. 3 (July-September 2007).
Jung, Patricia and Helen Varley Jamieson. “Online performances mit UpStage” – chapter in Video: Wiedergabe, Bearbeitung und Streaming unter Linux, ed. Nils Magnus and Torsten Spindlerr. Germany: Open Source Press, 2005.
Jung, Patricia and Helen Varley Jamieson. »Performers Go Web.« Linux Journal (April 2005).
Exhibitions & Events