AVIT Kežmarok 2009, Review

Itt egy kis beszámoló at AVIT Kežmarok 2009 fesztiválról Lucy Benson tollából és blogjáról.

" From July 23rd-25th the inaugural AVIT ‘License To Screen’ VJ Festival descended upon the somewhat unsuspecting Slovakian city of Kežmarok.
The event was the first Central European VJ festival organised by AVIT and the emphasis for the weekend was firmly on developing a network of exchange and support between artists from East and West European countries. The event had originally been scheduled for 2010, but some last minute factors saw it take place this summer, meaning a short, sharp learning curve for the organisers and a host of unexpected technical difficulties. This led to the festival being branded a ‘beta’ version of the event to be held next year. Nevertheless, for three days workshops were run, artists met, shared, jammed and the majority of performances took place more or less as scheduled.
Each day of the festival kicked off at noon with workshops and artist talks, followed by evening public performances in the city square and all-night VJ jams at club Herña; an endearingly seedy club situated in the bowels of Kežmarok Castle and looking somewhat past its hey-day (nothing describes the passing of time with quite the same poetry as a broken-down disco floor with only three illuminated tiles)...."
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