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urban pop culture

artsy placesurban pop culture
2. March 2023

Stickers – The underestimated form of street art

When we are taking about street art or urban art, it’s typically in connection with the typical forms like graffiti or the large murals. There’s probably good reason for that,…
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LILOU Musikartsy placescreative makersurban pop cultureurban taste & living
27. February 2023

LILOU goes urbanana

We did it again! We kindly asked another artist to showcase their very personal and intimate view of urbanana. Singer, musician and songwriter LILOU who studied in Essen and now…
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Musikarchiv NRW Matthias Schumachercreative makersurban pop culture
24. February 2023

Between record piles in Bickendorf: A visit to the NRW Music Archive

Every passionate music fan dreads the moment when it inevitably becomes clear that things can't go on like this. The last corner of the room is filled with a record…
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digital spaces

collectARcreative makersdigital spaces
15. March 2023

collectAR: A multimedia approach to experiencing art

collectAR is a central virtual place where digital art collections, catalogues raisonnés, and artists’ estates can be created and managed, based on art-history standards. Author Markus Sekulla talked to founder…
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Monheim Cube by Mischa KuballAllgemeinartsy placescreative makersdigital spacesurban pop culture
19. January 2023

monheim_cube by Mischa Kuball

How do you interact with your city? And how do urban landscapes interact with you? In this documentary feature videographer and author Nathan Ishar explores the world as seen through…
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E-scooter dumped into a riverdigital spaces
17. January 2023

E-Mobility – Things Are Moving in Our Town

Lots is being written on the role of transport in light of the climate crisis in the world’s media today. As we all know: burning fossil fuels produces carbon that…
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creative makers

halde Hohewardcreative makersurban taste & living
21. March 2023

“Auf Halde gehn” – The prettiest heaps in urbanana

“Etwas auf Halde legen” is a German saying for stockpiling something. The phrase originates from mining, where excavated earth was put in interim storage on slagheaps. The Ruhr area has…
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collectARcreative makersdigital spaces
15. March 2023

collectAR: A multimedia approach to experiencing art

collectAR is a central virtual place where digital art collections, catalogues raisonnés, and artists’ estates can be created and managed, based on art-history standards. Author Markus Sekulla talked to founder…
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Allgemeinartsy placescreative makers
6. March 2023

Fresh, frank, cheerful, free

An intellectual approach to fashion meets Rhenish cheerfulness in the Cologne Heimat store.The store in Cologne uses minimal furnishings to give maximalist fashion its perfect presence – under a name…
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artsy places

Allgemeinartsy placescreative makers
6. March 2023

Fresh, frank, cheerful, free

An intellectual approach to fashion meets Rhenish cheerfulness in the Cologne Heimat store.The store in Cologne uses minimal furnishings to give maximalist fashion its perfect presence – under a name…
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artsy placesurban pop culture
2. March 2023

Stickers – The underestimated form of street art

When we are taking about street art or urban art, it’s typically in connection with the typical forms like graffiti or the large murals. There’s probably good reason for that,…
Markus Sekulla 0
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LILOU Musikartsy placescreative makersurban pop cultureurban taste & living
27. February 2023

LILOU goes urbanana

We did it again! We kindly asked another artist to showcase their very personal and intimate view of urbanana. Singer, musician and songwriter LILOU who studied in Essen and now…
Hanna Förster 0
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urban taste & living

halde Hohewardcreative makersurban taste & living
21. March 2023

“Auf Halde gehn” – The prettiest heaps in urbanana

“Etwas auf Halde legen” is a German saying for stockpiling something. The phrase originates from mining, where excavated earth was put in interim storage on slagheaps. The Ruhr area has…
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urban taste & living
28. February 2023

The Greatest Difference: From Düsseldorf to Duisburg by bike

Düsseldorf and Duisburg are two cities that could hardly be any less alike. One is the wealthy, economically prosperous, stylish state capital, while the other one, Duisburg, is frequently described…
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LILOU Musikartsy placescreative makersurban pop cultureurban taste & living
27. February 2023

LILOU goes urbanana

We did it again! We kindly asked another artist to showcase their very personal and intimate view of urbanana. Singer, musician and songwriter LILOU who studied in Essen and now…
Hanna Förster 0
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