#Arteetude 328 - Schlich together with AI Co-Host Sophia, reflect on how a local event here in West Cork — the Garrettstown 5 Mile Run — unexpectedly became artistic inspiration and how all of that eventually led into a new closing song for the episode: “Sandstorm Sunday.”

In this episode of Arteetude , I take listeners to the rough edge of a Sunday morning in West Cork, where the Garrettstown 5 Mile Run became far more than a local sporting event. What began as a windy, sand-blown gathering by the shore turned, in real time, into artistic material. Together with my AI co-host Sophia, I reflect on how art does not always begin in the studio or in theory, but often in lived situations: in weather, risk, attention, and bodily involvement. I followed the runners by bicycle, filming with one hand and steering with the other, fully aware of the worst-case scenario — that one wrong move could interfere with the event itself. That tension, combined with the warmth of the crowd, the roadside applause, and the small dramas unfolding among the runners, became the very texture of the episode. This is a conversation about movement, vulnerability, and transformation: how a local run becomes a lens, how observation becomes form, and how the artist’s own body is never entirely outside the work. The episode closes with a new song born directly from the experience: “Sandstorm Sunday.” Detlef Schlich is a rock musician, podcaster, visual artist, filmmaker, ritual designer, and media archaeologist based in West Cork. He is recognised for his seminal work, including a scholarly examination of the intersections between shamanism, art, and digital culture, and his acclaimed video installation, Transodin's Tragedy. He primarily works in performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. In his work, he reflects on the human condition and uses the digital shaman's methodology as an alter ego to create artwork. His media archaeology is a conceptual and practical exercise in uncovering the unique aesthetic, cultural, and political aspects of media in culture. WEBSITE LINKS WAW Official YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@WAWBand "The Niles Bittersweet Song" WAW Bandcamp Silent Night In a world shadowed by conflict and unrest, we, Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlich, felt compelled to reinterpret 'Silent Night' to reflect the complexities and contradictions of modern life. https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/silent-night Wild Atlantic Way This results from a trip to West Cork, Ireland, where the beautiful Coastal "Wild Atlantic Way" reaches along the whole west coast! https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/wild-atlantic-way YOU TUBE *Silent Night Reimagined* A Multilayered Avant-Garde Journey by WAW aka Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAbytLSfgCw Detlef Schlich Instagram Detlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists Facebook Detlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group