Pig in Pöllau

The Wd8 pig made by Belinda Ziegler is one of the highlights in the exhibition 'Mensch ist Mensch' in Schloss Pöllau in the austrian town Pöllau near Hartberg. The pig is presented inside a real old kitchen surrounding inside the exhibition. The exhibition shows works of 25 different artists, all to the theme 'Mensch ist Mensch'.

A special feature of the exhibition is the possibility to take part in a workshop by the exhibiting artists. Each of the participating artists in the exhibition offers a course in summer as part of the 'styrian summer_art' festival.

More information about styrian summer_art and the exhibition 'Mensch ist Mensch' is available at http://styriansummerart.at/

The exhibition runs until October 26, 2009.

Opening times of the exhibition:
Wednesday till Sunday from 10am until 5pm
From May 8, 2009 until October 26, 2009

International Women's Day

After the big success of the International Women's Day event organized in Markt Hartmannsdorf in 2006, there will be an event again this year, in 2009. The International Women's Day event includes films, a discussion about gender, a dance performance, a singing performance, lots of homemade food and cakes, a clothes exchange corner and a workshop to create an original tetrapak wallet.

To make it possible for all women to come, there will be child care and men are welcome too.

The event starts at 12:00h and will last till about 18:00h. Free entrance.

Videos on Vimeo

Video documentation of the project 'Walkersdorf - Center of the World' is now available on Vimeo. Search for 'wd8' on Vimeo or go directly to the videos at the Vimeo Wd8 channel.

The Wd8 pond

The small Wd8 pond is frozen. The pond is not very big but we still used it for ice skating.

Walkersdorf - Center of the World

The publication 'Walkersdorf - Center of the World' is ready! The book features 12 different contributions about centers all over the world. Contact Wd8 if you would like to order a copy.

St. Nikolaus at Wd8

Sint Nikolaus and Krampus visited Wd8 today! Quite a different appearance than Sint and Piet...

Wd8 Grapes

October is the month to pick the grapes. It takes all summer for the grapes to grow and then in October all of a sudden there are so many. This year we decided that we will try to make juice from them. The Wd8 team spent and afternoon picking and cleaning the grapes. One of the neighbours then made a little workshop and showed how to turn the grapes into bottles of juice.