illustration/interpretation
airbrush: harder und steenbeck colani mit 0,2 mm duese
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zur airbrush- und kunstausstellung in der glashalle reisen kunst- und airbrushinteressierte aus ganz deutschland an. das motivspektrum der aussteller reicht von fantastischen landschaften ueber duestere totenkoepfe bis hin zu fotorealistischen portraits. eindrucksvoll wird hier gezeigt, dass die airbrushtechnik auf verschiedensten untergruenden verwendet werden kann, z. b. auf motorraedern, autos, modellen, t-shirts oder einfach auf leinwand.
kontakt:
airbrush fachverband e.v.
katja hassler
postfach 700108
22001 hamburg
Tel. 040 38658264
text: airbrush fachverband e.v.
info@airbrushfachverband.de
airbrushfachverband airbrushfachverband.de
World Bodypainting Festival is an annual festival held in Seeboden, Carinthia, Austria, near the Millstätter See, on the third week of July every year.
The World Bodypainting Festival was created in 1998 by Alex Barendregt. At the time, Barendregt was working in a local travel agency and was given the task of organising a new summer event in Seeboden. He chose body painting on a whim after seeing a photograph about it. Although the festival wasn’t very popular at first, today it is the biggest annual event of the body painting culture and community. The festival is the first of its kind in the world and has become the Mecca of Bodypainting. It draws the best two hundred body painting artist teams and models, as well as tens of thousands of visitors, from all over the world every year.
The Lake Millstätter See region’s scenery is the stage, where bodies are boldly put on show, and each artist has the opportunity to show his/her own specialities – bodies painted with many different materials and techniques, and sometimes combined with the most fantastic costumes, masks and effects.
The festival lasts a week, of which the first four days consist of over thirty special workshops and lessons run by the WBF Academy, and the last three days consist of the actual festival event in the body paint city, which is open to the public without prior reservation. The festival event is open for both adults and children, and many families come there together.
A male model being painted.
The artists compete in many categories: brush and sponge, airbrush, and special effects are World Champion titles. At night time there is also a special UV effects contest giving the title for World Champion in UV bodypainting effects. There is a World Facepainting Award and a special award for special effects face make up. There are also semi professional student awards. All categories have separate prizes and trophies. Artists can use either male or female models as they wish. All models must be wearing underpants while painted, but female models can go topless if they want. Many body painting models are unpaid and volunteer for the unique experience of transformation by the body painting artists.
Body painting is not simply painting a body, body painting is to replant the body into an entire scenery, to create a body scene with choreography and music. The WBF Institute of Sound is the community music project that developed through the World Bodypainting Festival. Every year the festival brings together international musicians, specialists in electronic music and technicians from many different countries and cultures. It is the festival’s goal to develop the music scene like the community of body painters, photographers and models that has already existed for years. The creative thoughts of both groups can develop many new ideas.
The WBF Fashion Department focuses on body painting for fashion with many artists working alongside designers and with stylists around the world in the fashion industry.
Also the BodyCircus is one of the biggest event highlights in the festival week. Music, shows and costumes in the unique location of the medieval castle Sommeregg.
Who will refuse to an invitation for World Body Painting Festival? If you do, then you don’t know how to appreciate creativity and art.
Known to be the ‘Mecca of Body Painting’, the World Body Painting Festival is an indulgence for creative and artistic people. That is why it is not a surprise that throng of curious tourists, body artists and photographers visits this annual event. It is one of a kind festival in the world where you can relish the various creative and remarkable paintings in a canvas of human body.
The World Body Painting Festival is held in Seeboden, Carinthia, Austria every third week of July. This annual event of creativity draws approximately 15,000 spectators around the globe and more than 200 body painting artists and models across the continent vie for the title of ‘World Champion Body Painter’.
The festival lasts for one week in which during the first four days will be series of special workshops and lessons hosted by the World Body Painting Festival Academy. The last three days will be the actual painting event and body painting artists start to create their magnum opus in a unique canvas which a human body.
There are three categories to compete that include brush and sponge, airbrush and special effects such as UV body painting and face make-up The yearly festival comes with a theme and body painting artists are expected to produce their work of art that tone with the theme both erotically and aesthetically.
As for the models, there are no restrictions. Artists can use either male or female however all models must wear pants while being painted but female models can go topless if needed. Most of the models are volunteers and unpaid. They take pleasure in experiencing this unique and rare opportunity of transforming their human body into a magnificent work of art.
At the end of each day of the actual paint event, the painted models will walk down the catwalk and stroll amidst the flock of very enthusiastic photographers who are clamoring for the best snapshot. Special prizes are waiting for the best top three photos.
The brainchild of World Body Painting Festival is Alex Barendregt who started the first event in 1998 for the purpose of rekindling the tourism industry in his small village. Since then, it became one of the most anticipated and biggest events in the body painting community as artists aspire to bang the ‘World Champion Body Painter’ award, an ultimate recognition of their unsurpassed talent and skills am