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World Bodypainting Festival

The world championships in bodypainting presented by "Kryolan" Night contest for UV effects World Facepainting Award Special Effects Make-up Award & Amateur Awards WBF-Academy with more than 35 different workshop classes, demos and lectures BodyCircus, the shrill and magical fantasy ball in the legendary venue "Fabrik" Extensive exhibition area & market International photo contest Huge music synchronized fireworks "Bodypaint City TV" with interviews, live broadcasts and web streaming WBF Institute of Sound presents: Music concerts of national and international bands International DJ Acts Dance Music Stage Music & show performances DJ & music workshops "Ministry of Sound" events DJ Contest presented by "ForceFM London" Londons Pirate radio station "ForceFM" presents Radio Bodypaint City new: "Radio Bodypaint City" hosted by the Young Generation department of the state of Carinthia and London's radio "ForceFM" WBF - Fashion Department presents: BodyArt Fashion Show "Farbkrieger" (Color warriors) Styling Zone new: WBF Fashion Park, the fashion boutique of young designers new: WBF Couture Award, the young fashion designer award

Since 1998, the world’s most colourful event has taken place every year in Austria. The “World Bodypainting Festival” is the biggest art event in the bodypainting theme and ten thousands of visitors admire the wonderful work of the participants. Aritsts from 40 nations worldwide come to this unique event and put body art into the mountain and lake scenery. Pörtschach at the lake Wörthersee near the state capital Klagenfurt is the new location for the next years. The festival week is held from 27th June - 3rd July 2011. The new "Bodypaint City" offers easier travel access plus great socializing possibilities and inspiration. The town Pörtschach, the most impressive location in the state surrounded by turquoise water, is the perfect backdrop for the art form. The very compact town locates all programs within just a few hundred meters. The Congress Center offers space for most of the workshop classes and the "Fabrik", an old factory, is the new BodyCircus location. Festival setup:


WBF Academy with workshop classes and lectures from 27 - 30 June 2011
The teachers of the WBF Academy are the best ones in their fields. Many workshops are supported by our partners like Kryolan, Fantasy Worldwide, Brennig, Mehron, Diamond FX, BodyFX, Vargas, Charles Fox or Nikon and Adobe to mention a few. The WBF Academy offers an extensive program for beginners, intermediate and advanced. Group arrangements for schools can be organized on request.
We offer workshops in the areas of bodypainting, airbrush bodypainting, facepainting, special effects, body deco, beauty and fashion make-up, HD-Make up, colour theory, uv effects as well as photography and digital artwork.
Details about the WBF Academy Program >

Meeting places and party locations
Pörtschach is the hot spot in the state carinthia thoughout the summer. Many cafés, bars, lounges and entertainment facilities are just within a few meters. The official "WBF Institute of Sound Lounge" is placed in the brand new build "Lake's" directly on the promenade or just next to it at the stylish bar Jilly Beach.
The party spot on the festival Wednesday, 29th June, is of course the traditional fantasy ball “BodyCircus”. The new location for the shrill ball is a legendary place, the old factory "Fabrik", just a few minutes outside of the town. <p>The Thursday evening, June 30^th, is the portfolio night for artists and the meeting place for all interested visitors, photographers and models. This time we will have a boat cruise on the beautiful lake Wörthersee. At the pre-glow after the boat cruise we present the winners of the last years World Bodypainting PHOTO Awards.
BodyCircus, the shrill fantasy ball in the old factory "Fabrik" 29^th June 2011 - presented by Snazaroo
The fantasy ball “BodyCircus“ is the main attraction in the festival week side events. The old factory in the village Saag, just a few minutes away from Bodypaint City, will be turned into a magical and mystical surrounding. The venue is open for just very few occations throughout the year. The visitors show up in fantasy costumes combined with bodypainting, decoration and masks up to extreme make up and fantasy fashion. International Dj’s from Ministry of Sound, ForceFM London, live music, visuals, circus artists, costume prizes, percussion, shows and entertainment are provided for visitors till the early morning hours.
- 6.30 pm: Styling Jam Session in the congress hall in Pörtschach. Get ready for BodyCircus with other people in the styling jam. - from 8.30 pm: the free bus shuttles will bring you to the venue "Fabrik. - free shuttle busses will be provided from Klagenfurt, Villach and Seeboden/Spittal. Details and tickets for BodyCircus >

The festival main days in "Bodypaint-City" 1^st - 3^rd July 2011

The main days of the festival are from Friday to Sunday, 1^st - 3^rd July, daily from 10.30 am in “Bodypaint City”. The artists start painting in the public park and later in the day the artwork is judged by a professional jury. The models are then presented to the audience on the main stage. During the day, lots of music and show acts are presented. There are music concerts on program till late. Themes 2011: Friday and Saturday: “Renaissance - Rebirth“ Sunday, Final day: “Haute Couture - the world of high fashion"
The new Bodypaint City streches from the town center via the promanade to the peninsula. The artists are working on the shore of the beautiful lake Wörthersee. <p> Bodypaint City is seperated in 4 zones filled with: - Main and side stages - Artist pavilions - Fashion park - Photo award areas - Exhibitors and market - Catering - VIP Lounge - Art exhibitions
The World Bodypainting Awards, the world championships for body painting artists <p style="text-align: center;">sponsored by
At the world championships during the main days, artists from 40 nations worldwide compete. The World Awards are given in the categories: Brush/Sponge Airbrush and Special effects, as well as one World Fluoro Award, the night contest for UV effects Facepainting <p>Additionally, there will be the Amateur Award contest in the category Brush/Sponge
World Fluoro Award Beside the main categories during the day, the night contest “World Fluoro Award“ will be presented. Fluoroscent colours are used on the models and they are lit with backlights to glow on the stage when presented to the audience. Spectacular effects are guaranteed. There are 15 selected artists who will tell a story of colours, dance and music.
World Facepainting Award and Special Effects Make up Award <div> Also in 2011, the World Award will be presented in the Facepainting category. For participants with special effects ambitions, we have a special category: the “Special Effects Make Up Award”.</div>	<div> </div>

"WBF - Institute of Sound" Music and Show Highlights	<p style="text-align: center;">
Music bands <p>The highlights of the festival are of course the show presentations of the artists work. Before and after these presentations, we present a full day program from 10.30 morning till after midnight. International music groups, top DJ’s, a whole show program around the bodypainting art form are presented.
The Dance Music Stage, a WBF Electronic Art Project<p> The last year's Electronic Dance Music Hall will continue in 2011 as the special Dance Music Stage.	<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
The Dance Music Stage is going to be the center of the electronic music community. DJ's will perform, visitors can dance, newcomers can learn. A huge program including ForceFM DJ contest, workshops, radio "Bodypaint City", open decks and much more will attract visitors and artists to combine the creative energy of both - music and bodyart.
Radio Bodypaint City<p>To extend the activities with Radio Bodypaint City is one of the projects in this section for 2011. Our partners such as the Youth Activity Section of the government, partners from the industry and the music community will put the radio on air.	<p style="text-align: center;">
Music workshops and DJ tricks<p> Many musicians and DJ's meet up at the festival and offer the public possibilities to learn from them. The active program for visitors is held in various locations in Bodypaint City. Learn how to didgeridoo, moderate and the tricks of our DJ's.
Program schedule > The WBF program magazine is available from May.
The "WBF Fashion Department" Fashion, Styling, Shows - all parts of the WBF Fashion Department <p>	<p style="text-align: center;">
New: WBF Fashion Park - the boutique of young creative designers <p>The cross over to styling and fashion is very close in the middle of an event that uses the body as an art object. One of the zones in Bodypaint City will host the "WBF Fashion Park". It is an attempt to offer a presentation possibility for newcomers such as established fashion desigerns to show their collections in the middle of one of the most popular Austrian summer destinations. Urban style and glamour, street wear, extraordinary or simply new is ready to be sold. Details are available under the section "WBF Fashion Department". (Designer Lisa Pek)
"Farbkrieger" (color warrior), the new Body Art Fashion Show for 2011 <p>10 make up artists and designers directed by Karala B. will present a 30 minutes special show under the title "Farbkrieger" looking deep into the themes body art and fashion.
New: WBF Couture Award - the fashion contest for young designers <p>The WBF Couture Award is a new highlight at the World Bodypainting Festival. Young fashion designers get the opportunity to take part in the contest for the WBF Couture Award. The guidelines for participation were carefully elaborated and stand for highly-qualitative requirements placed on the designers. The WBF Couture Award represents a high level of professionalism and supports the young designers in their carreers. News about the WBF Couture Award can be found under the section "WBF Fashion Department". <div style="text-align: right;"> (Designer Birgit Mörtl)</div>
Styling zone in Bodypaint City Bodypaint City will have a styling lounge for festival visitors with various partners such as hair dressers, nail designers and make up artists. A photo studio will be available to produce your own model sed card. <div style="text-align: right;"> (Photo Anabel Vargas)</div>

The trade show area and the market
In the trade show area, most of the biggest brands in the bodypainting industry as well as airbrush, special effects and bodypainting accessories show and sell their product range. Here you can find the latest product lines to test and of course to buy. The market offers products such as jewellery, hand craft and more.

The photo ticket with the international photo contest "World Bodypainting PHOTO Award” presented by NIKON
Bodypainting is art and before this kind of art disappears it should get captured for the future. There are 250 limited photo tickets. For the participants of the photo contest we provide a special restricted area with different photo sets. The most fantastic creations are born here and sent to the photo contest. <p>All photographers, models and artists receive a free photo catalogue after the photo contest.	<div> </div>
The “World Bodypainting Photo Award” will be given in the categories “Photo Classic” and “Digital Art”. <p> On the festival main days, there will be an Adobe Photoshop demonstration. Adobe developer Christoph Kaltseis will show you the latest tricks on Photoshop, with a daily program from 11.00 am to 12.30. (Photo Michael Hartmann)
The days before the main days are very interesting for photographers as well. The WBF-Academy offers photo workshops, classes for digital artwork and everything around the body and body art.<p> All details about the photo ticket can be found in the photo section >

"Bodypaint City TV“ supported by Red Bull Media House
Our festival TV crew presents the bodypainting presentations from different perspectives and includes show acts, live music, interesting interviews and visuals. Festival TV is broadcasted on the festival grounds via the big video wall, TV screens and a signal via our website as a video streaming can be viewed by people who can not attend the festival. Last year we got support by Red Bull so that we were able to produce great reports in high definition including 3D movies. <p>Many innovations will come in 2011 as well!
See you in Austria, <p>Alex Barendregt World Bodypainting Festival

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