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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-central-euro"> (i know this isn't
strictly to do with floss manuals, & not at all to do with
civicrm, but we do have the UpStage user manual on FM; & it's
also so's you know why i haven't been responding much to emails
lately. whether you're doing the thunderbird sprint or reviewing
chapters of the civicrm manual, i hope you'll take a moment to
check out some of the shows - they are all only 20 minutes long so
perfect for a coffee break :))<br>
<br>
<img title="11:11:11 UpStage Festival"
src="cid:part1.00080107.04090303@creative-catalyst.com"
alt="11:11:11 UpStage Festival" align="right" height="87"
width="200">You are warmly invited to the <a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350">11:11:11 UpStage
Festival</a> - a diverse programme of 20-minute performances
presented entirely online in <a href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog">UpStage</a>,
a web-based platform for cyberformance. <br>
<br>
<i><b>Prepare to be entertained, inspired, surprised and provoked!</b></i><br>
<br>
The festival spans a 24-hour period during Friday 11 November and
into the 10th and 12th, depending on where you are in the world; <a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2828">time converters</a>
are provided so that you can easily work out your local time. <br>
<br>
All that's required for you to join the performances is a standard
browser and internet connection. There will be live links to the
stages from the <a href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/">UpStage web
site</a> on the day of the festival.<br>
<br>
Click here for the <a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2828">full schedule of
performances</a> and time converters.<br>
<br>
The 11 performances for 11:11:11 are:<br>
<ul>
<li><i><a title="cyberian chalk circle"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#ccc">Cyberian
Chalk Circle</a></i>: the political power of the internet
told through the story of Grusha and Simon from Brecht’s play
<i>The Caucasian Chalk Circle</i>, but set in Egypt of 2011.
By Christina Papagiannouli and Evi Stamatiou (London, UK).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="ed king"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#ek">Edward
King</a></i>: Times Square on Christmas Eve. Did Edward
King kill someone? Was the man his father? Do the Rockettes
know the secret? Tune in for the avatar can-can and join in
the Hallucinated Hallelujah Chorus, as Edward King asks: “Who
am I?” By Marlena Corcoran (Munich/Venice) with Marischka
Klinkhamer (Amsterdam), Vicki Smith (Aotearoa/New Zealand) and
Ben Unterman (Vancouver).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="flat earth"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#fe">Flat
Earth</a></i>: a poetic journey on the source of ideas,
and how we build ideas from images that come in our mind;
playing with perception, the focus, the distraction of it,
time, size and distance, the imagination, and the memory of
things and scenes. By Petyr Veenstra and Floris Sirag (the
Netherlands).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="magfalda"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#mag">Magfalda
meets the world in pieces</a></i>: an innocent and
unpretentious journey to the (re)discovery of the world in
pieces that surrounds us. By Gabriella Sacco (Amsterdam,
Netherlands), Valentina Tibaldi (Torino, Italy).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="make-shift"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#make-shift">make-shift:
an audience with Dave</a></i>: In conversation with <a
onclick="javascript:window.open('http://make-shift.net/');
return false;" href="http://make-shift.net/"><em>make-shift</em></a>‘s
regular middleman, Paula and Helen facilitate a structured
Q&A on what makes Dave tick. By Paula Crutchlow (UK) &
Helen Varley Jamieson (NZ/Germany).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="property theft"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#pt">Property
& Theft</a></i>: an Automated Confessional Service - a
cross between a Catholic confession and an automated telephone
payment service - this mechanical, comodified and
malfunctioning Confessional Service elicits absurd public
confessions of wrongdoing from participants, and then suggests
appropriate penance for the participant to enact there and
then. By Olivia Furber, Harry Giles, et al (Edinburgh,
Scotland).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="student's work"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#sw">Goldie
Kea and the 3 Sheep</a></i>: a resourceful native bird
meets some introduced species in a clash of ecologies. No
cultural icon is safe! By students from South Westland Area
School, Te Tai Poutini, (Aotearoa/NZ).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="student's work"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#sw">Humpty
with a twist</a></i>: a risky situation, a broken dream, a
series of events that will have the characters scrambling for
a nutritious solution to an age old problem. By students from
Paparoa Range School, Te Tai Poutini, (Aotearoa/NZ).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="wake research project"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#wake">String
Games</a></i>: using the ancient practice of Whai (String
Games) a navigational marker will be revealed. Audiences are
encouraged to bring a 2 metre length of cord knotted into a
single loop. By Vicki Smith and Hannah, Ellen and Joanne from
Paparoa Range School (Aotearoa/NZ).<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a title="Where are the clouds?"
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#clouds">Where
are the clouds?</a></i>: a dynamic, real-time exploration
of the performance of remixed texts in online digital media.
By Katarina DJ. Urosevic (Serbia), Francesco Buonaiuto (Italy)
and The Levi@hans.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i><a
href="http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2652#is_this_on">Is
This On?</a></i>: sympathising with the computer,
unexpected love and jealousy between open source and
proprietary software form the perfect setting for a geek
tragedy. By Inge Hoonte & Birgit Bachler (the Netherlands)
and students of the Networked Media department at the Piet
Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.</li>
</ul>
<i><b>Please pass this and join us at the 11:11:11 UpStage
Festival!<br>
<br>
</b></i>Helen Varley Jamieson & Vicki Smith - UpStage
Festival Architects<br>
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