Helen Varley Jamieson is a writer, theatre practitioner and digital artist; she has worked in digital media and the internet since 1996. She is the project manager of <a href="http://www.upstage.org.nz">UpStage</a>, a web-based platform for cyberformance (live online performance) and is a founding member of the globally dispersed cyberformance troupe <a href="http://www.avatarbodycollision">Avatar Body <i>Collision</i></a>. Helen holds a Master of Arts (Research) in cyberformance from Queensland University of Technology and is currently based in Munich, Germany.