i live in new zealand so flying possibly more expensive & longer than anywhere else (a minimum 3 hour flight to get to the closest country). but it's also kind of necessary, because even tho we have some great communities here like the aotearoa digital arts network, & the magdalena aotearoa network for women in theatre - we still have a very small population & it's much easier to earn a living through your art "over there" than it is here.
my practice happens to be cyberformance (live online performance) so generally my rehearsals & performances do take place, & with the group avatar body collision we have never actually all met each other yet managed to work together over the internet since 2001. i have a lot of collaborators around the world & it's great to be able to work with them without having to fly anywhere : ) i do a lot of conference/seminar presentations via the internet - most recently i co-presented with paula crutchlow at the presence conference at exeter university in the uk. paula was there, i was here in nz. we used UpStage (http://www.upstage.org.nz) and skype. i've done quite a few presentations this way, where the online presenter(s) can hear the on-site presenter(s) via skype, and is responding in UpStage in a variety of ways. it works well, & adds humour, visuals, etc to a presentation. the one thing i have found with skype is that while most of the time the sound quality is excellent, every now & again it is appalling. i think it has something to do with the time of day, but i'm not sure. if it happens to be appalling when the presentation is happening, it's can be impossible to understand the presenter, which makes it difficult. a way around this is to have a script or a good outline that the online presenter(s) can use to stay in the loop. sometimes we've done presentations where the online presenter(s) aren't on skype (e.g. the performance presentation a number of us did at SCANZ in nz in feb, with me on stage & 4 others online) but this makes improvisation & sponteneity a bit more problematic. we also run UpStage tutorials totally online, & that works fine : ) but sometimes we still have to fly ... & as in less than 5 weeks i'm embarking on a 6 month trip to europe, i really can't sign the pledge ... but i'm looking forward to seeing some of you in the flesh : ) h : ) Jason Nelson wrote: > just noticed the no fly pledge.... > > a really interesting idea.....living in Australia makes > traveling anywhere expensive and painful....so I've > been testing out various methods for doing artist talks > online....although there are lots of options...the other > end usually is too scared....or has troubles....can > anyone suggest some methods that have worked well? > > my last net chat was via gchat....and it worked well for about > 30 minutes and then crapped out.... > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [email protected] http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
