peacecamp 2011

My name is Walter Mathes, my wife Jella is born in Vienna, her parents Gisela and Peter in germany formerly known as GDR, my mother Margarethe is born in Austria two years before it became a part of Nazi germany, my father Michael - he is a member of the german- speaking minority in Transsylvania - was born in a region of Romania that was once in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and afterwards for some years hungarian then romanian; I was born in Upper Austria – exactly in the middle between Munich and Vienna - I live in Vienna with my wife and our daughter Mareta (15) and our son Ben (8). I work as comics- artist, actor and art-therapist wherever, whenever you want. It’s my second PEACECAMP and I’m looking foreward to meet all of you to laugh and play and cook and eat and cry together

Reibers is a small village in Lower Austria, it is a wonderful quiet place in the midst of a beautiful landscape, far away from the distractions of a city and very suitable to create a new, peaceceful world.

our youth hostel

our restaurant

You should know that you will not always have connection to the internet and that cell phone do not always function properly. Please tell your parents not to worry, if they don't hear much from you: tell them that no news are good news.

It is a very safe place in the sense that there are practically no dangers there - no war, no terror, not even much traffic, only, maybe, moskitoes.

You need to be vaccinated against ticks bites, because there could be ticks there in July and their bites can cause severe illnesses if you are not vaccinated.
http://www.tbefacts.com/about-tick-borne-encephalitis.html

the village

Please join the peacecamp 2011 group in facebook installed by Amir Haddad
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_117753278306198&ap=1

Hallo, I am Gerald Muthsam and this is my fifth peacecamp. At the previous peacecamps I led Outdoor- , Video- and Photoworkshops. This time I will do a Videodocumentation together with a small team of former peacecamp-participants.

I am looking forward to meeting you and am sure that it will again be a wonderful experience.

See you soon
Gerald

Hallo!
Mein Name ist Gerald Muthsam. Heuer bin ich das fünfte Mal beim Peacecamp dabei. Bei den ersten drei Peacecamps habe ich Outdoor-, Video- und Fotoworkshops gehalten. Dieses Jahr werde ich mit einem kleinen Team eine Videodokumentation vom Peacecamp drehen.

Ich freue mich auf euer Kommen und bin mir sicher, dass es wieder ein großartiges Erlebnis werden wird.
Bis bald,
Gerald

Hey, I am Rajmund Bakonyi, 20 years old from Hungary, but most of the year studying in Scotland. As most of our team I've participated in
2009 and went back for a quick visit last year too. Having spent such a great time at the peacecamp, I've decided to come back as many times as I can. As a media student I couldn't resist the idea of helping out Gerald with his documentary. I will pack up all my modern, old, and even older cameras to capture all the happenings.
Can't wait to see old and new faces!

Hi there,
I'm Florian Simon Linke, 18 years old and I’ve already participated in the peacecamp of 2009 and visited last year’s camp as well. I still love the idea of such a camp and I still want to support it. That’s why my Hungarian friends and I want to help Gerald in order to create a documentary. We’ll bring all the cameras we can find (digital as well as analog), document the whole camp and edit a movie for you to take home.
I’m really looking forward to taking part in yet another camp.

Hi everyone, I am Dóri Kótai, 21 years old, originally from Budapest, studying Film&Media and Spanish in Scotland at the moment. I'm interested in films, both watching and making them and love getting to know other cultures and languages.
This year I'll be one of "Gerald's little helpers" and we're going to make an awesome documentary about you guys, as well as tons of pictures. This one will be my 3rd peacecamp. I guess it makes it clear how much I love and care about this wonderful project. :) I'm really looking forward to meeting you all in July!

Hi there, I'm Bence Ábrahám, and I'm 18 years old. I still go to high school where I learn some materials in Italian. I am looking forward to meeting you, and sure that we will make the most epic documentary ever.

Dear Peace Campers, my name is Yap Sun Sun .Yap is my family name, my family came from China originally and we are known as the Hakka, which means "Guest People", because the tribe had to migrate many times from central China to other parts due to many wars.
I have never been in a war myself but somehow all the traveling done by my ancestors must have stayed in my blood. I have travelled much and now here I am in Austria.
I work and live in Austria together with my son, Apollo and his dad, Andi. I can't really believe that it has been almost ten years since I came to Austria and that it would already be the second Peace camp I am attending, even though the Peace camp last year is still so fresh in my mind. I still keep up with the young people from last year via FB!
I am really looking forward to meet you all and share some creative time together!
See ya! Sun Sun