ZIPfest Outing

Last weekend, I went to Slavonice. I was part of an art and photography outing that ZIPfest sponsored and I was doing a short seminar on Flash animation.

The workshops were held at the new Institute Slavonice (also known as The Center for the Future). It's a great facility with a new, comfortable auditorium.

Also on the agenda for the weekend was a quick trip across the border to Austria. We visited an old textile mill that had been converted into a community arts center. I think it's called Gallery Kunstfabrik Groß Siegharts. Their web site doesn't have too much information. But they have music performances, exhibitions, and life drawing classes.

The main performance room has wood floors and huge support beams like an old barn. Everything is pay by donation - the beer, the wine, the food, the performance. We saw a couple bands play. The first band, The Shadowplay, had a singer that sounds amazingly like Gina X. Performance, one of the first German electro-pop singers from the 70's.