NZ Body Painting Festival Winners Announced!
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NZ Body Painting Festival Winners
Announced!
The Great Lake Centre, Taupo in the Events Capital was brought to life on Sunday 29th, anniversary weekend with the 3rd NZ Body Painting Festival, a major international drawcard with out-of-this-world creatures and incredible creations themed to ‘Become A Legend’.
The result is truly breathtaking with the 21 artists involved this year coming from all over New Zealand as well as from Australia, Belgium, South Africa, Netherlands, Malaysia, Denmark, Sweden and England. Travellers on holiday from Europe and Australia deliberately detouring from their planned schedule/route to come to Taupo to do the body art workshops and be part of the event.
Models were painted by make-up, hair and body artistry teams, professionals, emerging and amateurs for the show; and performed their dances to a global audience from over 14 countries. Joining them on the Great Lake Stage and hosting the event was MC Brendon Weatherly, for media partner’s Classic Hits.
Dylan Tahau from Events Capital Taupo, New Zealand captured the essence of the performed art through his oration representing each story behind the art showcased. Capturing the imagination of the audience from including visitors from over 14 countries including Ireland, Japan, China, Africa.
Emma-Louise Edworthy
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY- PRE GLOW
Sandi Cutts TG UV Speed Painting
Snazaroo
Face Painting Comp – Ambah O’Brien
(Australia)
SUNDAY 29 JANUARY - MAIN
DAY
Snazaroo NZ International Body Art Champion
1st - Amelia Hitchcock
2nd - Emma Lousie
Edworthy
Emerging Artist – Anna Molineux
TopMark Mask Professional - Emma Lousie Edworthy
Quality Print Audience
Choice - Kim Boyd
Kea Camper High Performance Award –
Sarah Iwaskow
Classic Hits Over All Youngest Participant
– Amelie Wood
Our sincere thanks once again to all the sponsors of this year’s NZ Body Painting Festival ‘Waituhi’ 2012
Special thanks to: Events Capital, Great Lake Centre, NZSound, Classic Hits, Quality Print, IDESIGNweb, Snazaroo, Oceania Lighting,
ENDS
TROPHY
This years trophy is called
the Purerehua award. It is carved from 30,000 year old swamp
kauri. It features a stylized Purerehua in a pure abstract
form. This symbol depicts the period before the creation
process starts, before creative energies are applied to an
object or to a body.
The Purerehua was a wind instrument
used in traditional times to call upon the various energies
and forces to assit with certain tasks and ceremonies. The
name of this instrument is also used to describe the
butterfly whos journey like a flower transforms from a
humble pure form of nature to a masterpiece of beauty. This
award has been fashioned through abstract eyes to provoke
abstract thought from hesitant artist towards bodyart. To
Tangata Whenua the marking or scarification of ones body
known as Ta Moko was and still is a sacred ritual of
identification. Through Body art the freedom of expression
and creativity can be as abstract and colorful as one
desires. Nga mihi atu kia kotou.
Amelia Hitchcock