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Podcast: ArTEEtude: Unveiling the Spectrum of Art, Culture and Mind. West Cork´s Art and Culture Podcast by Detlef Schlich.
Episode: #Arteetude 307 – Detlef Schlich and the Nippes Years: Between Rain and Resonance. This week, Schlich walks back through the creative chaos of Cologne-Nippes in the 1980s — a district full of rain, rhythm, and raw beginnings. At the end we listen to his song "Wir stehen im Regen."
Description: After saying farewell to Vladi Nowakowski in last week’s episode, Detlef Schlich stays in the 1980s — walking again through the creative streets of Cologne-Nippes, where art, chaos, and hope lived side by side.He recalls the Schuhfabrik on Merheimerstraße 202, once an industrial space turned into studios and lofts by an architects’ consortium including Wolfgang Felder, where a whole artistic microcosm emerged around the Fabrik-Café.It was there, amid the smell of coffee, sawdust, and rain, that Detlef performed his song “Wir stehen im Regen” for the first time — a song born from loss, solitude, and...