"Tattoo & Music Fest" not only represents a tattoo fest, but also an important event, through the means of which we strive to carry this practice to a mastery rank, by comparing the skillfulness of the tattoo artist when making a flawless skinwork with that of paper or canvas painting artists. Thus, besides the body painting activities themselves, this time we'll also have two contests addressed to the professional tattoo artists on one hand, and to the future graduates of the high school and faculty of fine arts on the other, as well as, of course, to anyone artistically interested and versed. These contests are meant to provide the occasion for all the participants gathered under the roof of a single workshop to demonstrate their drawing talent, to acquire, comprehend and apply the studied techniques, but also the opportunity to express their own artistic ideas. All these will provide the advantages of a competition, as well as the possibility to obtain top places during the awards ceremonies held at the end of every festival day. The main contest, for tattoo artists, will take place exactly the same way as last edition, similar to any tattoo convention. Those who wish to enter will present their tattoo(es) made during the respective day and, based on their category (Small, Large, Black & Grey, Color), they will be subjected to the attention of the jury, who will, then, decide which ones deserve awards. This will all culminate on Sunday, at the end of the festival, with the awarding of the "Best of the show" trophy to the best tattoo out of all those who got to impress the jury during the previous stages.
The idea for the second contest supports the event in that which concerns the comparison of the two forms of artistic expression, which brings the tattoo artists face to face with the graphic artists and painters. The competition will imply that those who apply will be drawing on easel, with themes being completely at the artist's choice. The best 3 works will be selected on Friday and on Saturday, while on Sunday, each of the 6 chosen artists will get to "dress up" a mannequin or a dummy with paintings as creative as possible. The most inspired artist will be awarded the first place, but all the works who receive awards will be displayed for a week within the tattoo gallery located at the ground floor of Iulius Mall, one of the main supporters of the event. The organizers will provide the participants with easels, drawing paper and dummies (or mannequins, if case be), and, depending on the chosen theme, the participants will have to bring their own necessary tools.
As you may already know, the festival will also include a musical part, in order to enchant the ears of the public as well, not just the eyes. This year, our depiction of bands will still meet the same high standards as before. The choices for this edition are: GOD (Iasi-RO, June 3rd), who have also played during the 1st festival, and new additions, such as Implant Pentru Refuz (Timisoara -RO, June 4th), as well as Claymore and Eufobia (Bulgaria, June 5th). All these are famous bands, with an ample activity and experience, and which the festival's public is definitely anxious to meet and listen to.
GOD is one of the first and most prominent Romanian metal bands, with an activity that spans over more than 17 years. During this time, the band has been constantly delivering live and audio performances of the highest standards, and promises to do so during this event as well, a performance that will be part of their tour,"Chemarea Strabunilor".
Implant Pentru Refuz is also a group that is part of the first wave of Romanian bands, with 16 years of existence. Their musical genre is officially cataloged as hardcore-punk, but in fact it is more than that, as every fan of theirs knows. It is a cry of revolt, a message of freedom. It is certain that the public will be vast in numbers and vividly animated during their show.
Claymore is a band originating from Ruse, Bulgaria that formed in 1999 and is constantly gaining fame and acclaims. Their style consists of a combination of melodic death and black metal with influences from other styles of metal like heavy, thrash, speed and classical music. We are impatient to see them taking the festival's stage by assault.
Last, but definitely not least of the bands who will be present at the show is Eufobia, another representative of the Bulgarian metal music. They have played in over 100 live performances during the last 3 years, which demonstrates that they are very energetic, appreciated, and eager to present their death'n'roll style, as they call it themselves.
We are certain that everyone will be as pleased as we are with the selection of the bands, and that this will prove to be an inspired choice, since we trust all of them to do a job that will perfectly accomplish the festival's hopes and goals.
See you there!
