The World Bodypainting Festival
Every year the body painting community gathers in Austria and (this year:2008), now also in South Korea for the World Bodypainting Festival. The pro's and painters new to body painting, come from around the globe to wonder at the creative genius and artistic explosion that takes place at the festival. The pressure on the top artists is intense, as they battle for top honours in the various disiplines of the art.
At the world championships during the main days in Austria artists from 40 nations worldwide compete.
The world awards are given in 3 main categories
- Brush/Sponge
- Airbrush and
- Special effects, as well as one
- World Fluoro Award, the night contest for UV effects
Additionally there will be semi-professional contests in the categories
- Brush/Sponge
- Airbrush
The themes for 2008 are:
"Science - World of Wonders" and
"Asia - Empires going - Empires growing"
At the festival the artistic disciplines of, bodypainting, photography, modeling and special effects all come together.
This year the ˇ°World Bodypainting Photo Awardˇ± will be given in the categories ˇ°Photo printˇ± and ˇ°Digital Artˇ± and is also awarded with cash and product prizes. Additionally the winners get, (like the artists), a wonderful, handmade glass trophy, which is specially produced for the festival.
In March the World Bodypainting Festival announced that they will hold a second event in Asia. This event with the same structure as Seeboden, Austria will be held from 25 - 31 August in the World Cup Stadium in Daegu, South Korea.