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Helen Varley Jamieson
Helen Varley Jamieson, is a Munich based digital media artist from New Zealand. Helen Varley Jamieson "is engaged in an ongoing exploration of the collision between theatre and the internet" and since she has been working on the internet professionally. In the year 2000 Helen Varley Jamieson coined the term cyberformance.This term is a combination of two words, cyberspace and performance. Helen Varley Jamieson created this term because "came out of the need to find a word that avoided the polarisation of virtual and real, and the need for a new term (rather than 'online performance' or 'virtual theatre') for a new genre" Cyberformance refers to a performance that happens on-line in real time; however, is not just limited to on-line space, it can incorporate physical space as well. For example, one of Helen Varley Jamieson's collaborations with Desktop Theater entitled Water(war)s was "a performance installation directed by Jill Greenhalgh; participation in 3 of the 8 events (Brisbane 2003, Belgrade 2002, Holstebro 2001) involving cyberformance, text, images, research and performance collaboration".

Helen Varley Jamieson has been the project manager of the on-line performance platform Upstage since 2003 and is one of the founding members of the Avatar Body Collision troupe.

In 2008 Helen Varley Jamieson completed a MA (research) degree in Cyberformance from Queensland University of Technology entitled "Adventures in Cyberformance: experiments at the interface of theatre and the internet" .

Desktop Theater
Helen Varley Jamieson's early work in 2000 with Desktop Theater included "online performances in graphical chat rooms" Her on stage collaboration with Desktop Theater was called Water(war)s.

Avatar Body Collision
Helen Varley Jamieson is a founding member of the Avatar Body Collision troupe.The Colliders are a "globally distributed performance group who lives (mostly) in London, Helsinki, Aotearoa/New Zealand and cyberspace. " The Colliders use a free to download chat software to rehearse and perform their work.

Recent CyPosium 12/10/2012 (Cyberformance symposium)
Helen Varley Jamieson contributed to an online CyPosium on 12th October2012. In this CyPosium, "cyber­form­ers discussed their online per­for­mances with other artists, researchers and inter­ested par­tic­i­pants."

Performance Work
All of the details of Helen Varley Jamieson's performance work have been taken from her official website unless stated otherwise.


 * Mind Boggling (1982) - Playwright.
 * Death in Namibia (1987-88)- Deviser and Performer.
 * Reigning Tampons (1988)- Deviser and Performer
 * Coffee & Cake (1989)- Playwright.
 * The Benefits of Sex (1991)- Playwright.
 * ''Hersterix women's comedy group (1991-92)- Producer.
 * The Winter Wife (1992) - Director.
 * Women Like Us (1994)- Playwright.
 * Women Like Us (1994)- Producer.
 * The Debate (1994)- Director.
 * Risky/Risque (1995)- Playwright.
 * Risky/Risque (1995)- Producer.
 * Between (2001)- Playwright.
 * Water(war)s (2001, 2002 & 2003)- A Desktop Theater project.
 * The[abc]Experiment (2002)- Director.
 * The[abc]Experiment (2002)- Producer.
 * Phone Jam (2002) -Playwright.
 * swim - an exercise in remote intimacy (2002 &2003).
 * ''1001 Nights Cast (2005-2008).
 * Recipes for Life (2007)- In collaboration with Eva Ursprung & Schaumbad artists.
 * Women with Big Eyes (2007, 2008 & 2009) - Ongoing collaboration with the Magdelena Project.
 * a gesture through the flames (2008).
 * let ME go (2009)- In collaboration with Antonella Diana.
 * Recipes for 2010 (2010) - In collaboration with Eva Ursprung and Schaumbad artists.
 * Distant Presences 2010 - In collaboration with Ethernet Orchestra.
 * postajanje ženom (2010)- collaborative presentation for Rekonstrukcija Ženski fond.
 * Make-Shift (2010)- In collaboration with Paula Crutchlow; collaborator in Annie Abrahams's project Angry Women, 2011
 * Huis Clos/No Exit (2010) - Curated by Annie Abrahams.
 * Repository for Knowledge & Art (2012) - Curated by Dr. Cornelia Osswald-Hoffman.
 * Biennale For One (2012).

Current Collaborations
List of Helen Varley Jamieson's current collaborations taken from Jamieson's official website.


 * We have a situation! (2012-13)- In collaboration with APO33, Furtherfield, MAD Emergent Art Centre and Schaumbad Freiesatelierhaus.
 * 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance - live online performance(December 2012).
 * Make-Shift - In collaboration with Paula Crutchlow.
 * The Seven KimGs In collaboration with Gabriella Sacco and Teatro Lila.