World Bodypainting Festival
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The World Bodypainting Festival is a
Festival
The World Bodypainting Festival is the biggest annual event in bodypainting culture, and provides a worldwide platform for the art. It takes place in summer, usually in July, as part of the festival season of the southern region of Austria. It attracts artists from more than fifty countries and more than 30,000 spectators,[1] and has been involved in creating the modern bodypainting art movement.
The festival consists of a preparatory week of workshops and side events, followed by three main days over a long weekend. The workshops, run by the affiliated WB Academy, include lessons by leading artists in brush and sponge, airbrush, special effects, beauty make-up, and head dressing, including colour theory and history. All workshops are run and handled under the WB Academy. Side events include parties such as the surreal Costume Ball (Body Circus) with international DJs and musical stage performances, and also exhibitions, gatherings, and industry discussions.
The three main days are open to the general public in the Goethepark in Klagenfurt, dubbed "Bodypaint City". World, Special and Amateur Awards are held.
History
The festival was launched in 1998[3] in Seeboden in the state of Carinthia,[4] as the European Bodypainting Festival by then tourism manager Alex Barendregt, to promote summer tourism to the region. It was the first "boutique event" of its kind in the world. Also launched in conjunction was the WB Academy, which in 2008 expanded its workshops worldwide. As the bodypainting movement was growing, on 12 October 2001 Barendregt launched the European Body Painting Association as a networking and support organization for bodypainting artists, and WB Production followed in 2010.[5]
Due to the increasing attendance of international artists and supporters at the festival, in 2004 it was renamed to the World Bodypainting Festival and the association to the World Bodypainting Association. In 2011 Barendregt left his position at the tourist office and moved the festival to
Gallery
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Artist Kristina Elizarova, photo by Alexandr Senchuck (2011)
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Artist Anja Pürkel, photo by Gabriele Steiner (2011)
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Artist at work (2006)
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Artist Agnieska Glinska, photo by Andrea Peria (2011)
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Artist Einat Dan, photo by Dmitri Moisseev (2012)
References
- ^ a b Hänninen, Lauri (6 July 2010). "Väri maalaa tarinan" [Colour paints a story]. Kamera (in Finnish). pp. 14–18.
- ^ "World Bodypainting Festival: Models transformed into amazing artworks". BBC News. 16 July 2018.
- ^ McNearney, Allison (26 June 2018). "At the World Bodypainting Festival, the Human Body Is a Canvas". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b "The world bodypainting festival 2017 – in pictures". The Guardian. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "WB Production: Welcome to our World". WB Production.
- ^ "Pörtschach wird in den nächsten drei Jahren bunt" [Pörtschach will be colorful in the next three years]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ Tuschar, Nikolaus (12 July 2019). "Anziehende Farben beim Bodypainting Festival in Klagenfurt" [Enticing Colours at the Bodypainting Festival in Klagenfurt]. Kurier (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
External links
- Official site
- WB Production
- Photo galleries from past World Bodypainting Festivals, World Bodypainting Association
- 2017 World Bodypainting Festival photo gallery, New Haven Register