Jiří Dušek
Director of Brno Observatory and Planetarium
- Festival
Jiří Dušek
Director of Brno Observatory and Planetarium
74 fulldome films. 59 producers from all over the world. Three days. June 15–17, 2016. Save the date and buy a ticket at http://fulldomefestivalbrno.com.
We are excited about modern technologies that enable to project amazing things for the audience. We admire the creators of fulldome shows and we want to connect the producers and creators with planetariums and planetarians. That is a main goal of the IPS Fulldome Festival Brno 2016. All planetarians are welcome!
In the very heart of Europe, in the region of education, innovation but also beautiful vineyards lies the city of Brno. And in the center of Brno, there is a hill that for seven centuries has been called Cow Hill. Long time ago there was a vineyard, but they say the local wine was not good at all. And until the mid 20th century you could see cows grazing here. Then the hill started changing into a nice city park. And on the top of it the Brno Observatory and Planetarium grew up.
What technology can you look forward to in here, now? We completed a major reconstruction in 2011 and digitalized our planetarium in 2014. For the IPS Fulldome Festival Brno 2016 we have prepared a hybrid planetarium, projection screen with the diameter 16.8 m and 189 seats.
You can find more information at the webpage http://fulldomefestivalbrno.com. The festival is jointly organized by Brno Observatory and Planetarium, International Planetarium Society, Inc. and IPS Conference Warsaw 2016. Come to Brno and open a window to the fulldome world!