On the last day of the festival, there was a closing party at a zoo. It was really unconventional to choose a zoo for a night party. On the way to the venue, there were some animal cages and trees and it made the space exotic. The venue seemed like a specially made tent for this night.

There was an interesting visual installation by Vasava in it. It consisted of a dance floor and a screen and when you dance, the visual on the screen moves and changed interactively. However, the dancer was required to dance energetically moving arms and legs to interact with the visual, so I was bit shy to do that but a lot of people were enjoying the dance with the visual. Also the music presented by Morr Music rocked the audiences.

Most of participating magazines are independent ones. I got an impression that there seems to be a strong principle that “we do what we want to do/we do it because we want to do it” in discussions or personal chatting with the participants. It’s also the same for magazine collaborators such as designers or artists. As myself as an editor involving magazines, this festival was inspiring and a good opportunity to meet people from international magazines who I usually don’t get to meet. For visitors, it must be an exceptional opportunity to have a look at international culture magazine at one place talking in person with its publishers. This is the brand new festival which has just started this year. It is fantastic if this kind of festival will have more diversity in participating magazines and also hosting cities.

CMYK International Trend Magazines Festival 2004
Date: April 23rd and 24th, 2004
Place: Convent de Sant Agusti, Barcelona
info@cmyk-mags.com
http://www.cmyk-mags.com