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.

Once Upon A Time... in einem Dorf

On Saturday evening August 16, 2008 the film 'Once Upon A Time... in einem Dorf' by Eva Ursprung was presented in Wd8. The film shows the daily life in Walkersdorf mixed with the visits of international artists in the small village. The film was presented inside one of the rooms of the old Wd8-farm. After the film presentation we continued the evening outside behind the Wd8-farm watching the beautiful partial lunar eclipse.

mother:earth

Photos from the workshop on July 6, 2008 in Wd8, as part of the symposium 'mother:earth', are online at the Styrian Summer Art photo archive. During this beautiful Sunday morning women from different arabic and european countries visited Wd8. Together we made a relief from clay, guided by artist Belinda Ziegler. The symposium 'mother:earth' took place in Pöllau bei Hartberg as part of the Styrian Summer Art festival in July 2008.

Wd8 in the Media

Kleine Zeitung created a very nice article today about Wd8 and the Regionale08. The photo with the article shows the bus stop sign of the Regionale08 shuttle bus in front of the future Wd8 metro station. At the moment the Wd8 metro station is only a dot on a virtual map. But since last Friday the bus station 'Wd8 Walkersdorf' really exists! It is one of the bus stops where the Regionale08 shuttle bus stops. It is listed in the timetable on the bus stop sign, that was especially made for the Regionale.

Besides a metro station, Wd8 now also has its own television station :-)



Here is the short article about Wd8. The full article can be read at http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/feldbach/regionale/1374349/index.do

Bellydance in the Cowbarn

Austrian artist Heidi Zenz has made a beautiful belly dance performance at Wd8. After painting a secret oriental door on the outside wall of the barn, she then danced through this painted door of the sultan into the former cow barn, the same cow barn where the famous Wd8 pig was made. A video of the dance performance will be shown in Pavelhaus during the Regionale08 in Summer 2008.