Hi Folks, Please find a rough translation by my friend Femke [ http://www.femillustration.com/ ] :) Neil
Cyberformances get Benefit of doubt. Experiencing art from home? Mostly I'd rather get out than to stay sitting behind the computer. Although, I remember the lively night when I participated a whole night with a shared experiment about ten years ago ( German. Swiss and Austrian art academies with hundreds of students) It was quite complicated: you had to open up several different chatrooms, webpages and channels at the same time to be able to listen to music, watch video's and live chat. At some academies there were live studio's which were appropriated to receive sketches and interviews per webcam. Every hour a group in a different city took turn, but nobody really followed these rules. the public could chat about the happening with other online contestants and even upload their own images and music. Maybe it was because of the nighly hour that so many people in different locations overwelmed each other with vision and sound, and because I was too clumsy to understand who did what where - but whatever it was, something inside me excited me : what an amazing online out splash of a party, with hundreds of people ! Since 2007, the yearly cyberperfomance fesival takes place, without the need of al sorts of complicated software. The 101010 Upstage Festival this year offers 19 online performances. Artists from 11 countries, 9 time zones, show what they call 'cyberformances' - at Oct. 10th, to be seen from the Upstage-website. From the end of Sept. there is a schedule published, with the different time zones, this will be available on the website. Some of the performances will be live at location, others combine on and off-line content. And other performances link different locations with each other. In New York, Vietnam, New Zealand, Slovenia, Canada and also in Eindhoven there are 'Real Life Access Nodes' - places for the public who doesn't want to experience the event at home. Curators of the festival have selected different performances incl. dance-based performances, comedies, theoretical handelings and experiments around sexuality. The only limit: a performance can be max. 20 mins. A couple of examples: 'Murder 2.0', a virtual theatre from Canada, in which a young private detective called Halle researches a dirty business deal, it ends up that she gets accused of murder herself. Halle needs to find the murderer to clear her name. If she succeeds depends on you, the contestant. When you first read the descriptions, this can come across slightly experimental, which can be either a plus or a minus. The films in the festival archive are reminiscent of primitive computer games, and the design of 'Second Life' in it's early days; simple moving collages with a chatbox alongside. A live-event can be difficult to get across to the audience, so Up-stage Festival will get the benefit of doubt and the participators will have to judge the cyberformances not purely on it's artistic value, but on the overall quality of the experiment. So, it's up to you - Visit one of the shows and please let me know. On 27/09/2010, at 8:26 PM, helen varley jamieson wrote: > great! thanks very much ine :) & you're right, i can't read dutch - is there > anyone on this list who has the time to translate it for me? > > & if you write anything after the festival, please also send it to me. > > h : ) > > On 27/09/10 10:48 AM, Ine Poppe wrote: >> >> Hi Helen, >> I am Dutch and wrote for my column for NRC-Handelsblad (national paper) >> about your festival. >> Here i attach the article, that you cannot read - maybe you can find someone >> dutch around who can do a rough translation... >> Best! Ine >> >> >> >> . >> On Sep 26, 2010, at 7:13 PM, helen varley jamieson wrote: >> >>> are there any writers/thinkers out there who would be interested in >>> reviewing some of the performances in the 101010 UpStage Festival, for >>> publication on your own &/or the UpStage web site? (& maybe furtherfield >>> as well ... ?) >>> >>> there are 18 performances, mostly playing twice over about 20 hours, >>> beginning at 9am european time on sunday 10th october & running through >>> until something like 6am the next morning (with a break in the middle >>> for eating/resting!). each performance is no longer than 20 minutes, >>> with a performance beginning every half hour. we are looking for people >>> who are willing to review any or all of it - you could review a single >>> show, several shows, or do an overview of the whole festival if you are >>> keen :) >>> >>> unfortunately we can't offer any renumeration, beyond complimentary >>> front row seats ;) & the opportunity to be a part of this unique >>> international festival; also lots of good vibes & gratitude :) >>> >>> there is information about the festival, including a publicity pack, on >>> the UpStage web site: http://www.upstage.org.nz >>> >>> if you're interested in reviewing please email me. thanks! >>> >>> h : ) >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> >>> helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >>> http://www.avatarbodycollision.org >>> http://www.upstage.org.nz >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > ____________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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