#ArTEEtude 358 – Detlef Schlich continues his artistic research journey on Cape Clear Island, West Cork, Ireland, exploring the connections between language, landscape, cultural memory and contemporary music. THE CAPE CLEAR RESEARCH SESSIONS

ArTEEtude 358 – The Cape Clear Research Sessions, Part Two Sixteen Townlands, Island Voices & Experimental Music What happens when the ancient names of an Irish island become the starting point for a new musical experiment? In this episode, Detlef Schlich continues his artistic research journey on Cape Clear Island, West Cork, Ireland, exploring the connections between language, landscape, cultural memory and contemporary music. With support from Kevin at the Cape Clear Co-op, Detlef records the island's sixteen traditional Irish townland names as inspiration for future compositions and immersive multilayerist projects - including a dramatic fire alarm, an internet blackout and an experimental punk-rock session. The journey continues through Cape Clear's landscapes and ruins, encounters with traditional musicians at Club Chléire, and a final visit to the historic lighthouse before a peaceful return to the mainland. The episode also introduces the next steps for WAW's forthcoming album, Stories of Wes Cork , including a proposed collaborative residency in 2027, recording plans and funding applications. Featured music: “Sixteen Townlands” — an early minimal electro-funk composition inspired by the island's linguistic heritage. Next week, ArTEEtude returns to Detlef's autobiographical journey through Ballydehob in 2008. ArTEEtude is an independent, non-profit podcast dedicated to multilayerism, visual art, music, cultural exploration and creative storytelling. About Detlef Schlich Detlef Schlich is a rock musician, podcaster, visual artist, filmmaker, ritual designer, and media archaeologist based in West Cork, Ireland. His artistic practice moves between performance, photography, painting, sound, installation, film, music, podcasting, and digital image-making. Across these fields, Schlich reflects on the human condition, the relationship between ritual and technology, and the changing role of the artist in digital culture. As a media archaeologist, he explores how media shape perception, memory, culture, politics, and artistic expression. His work often uses the figure of the digital shaman as an alter ego — a method for navigating the space between ancient ritual structures, contemporary media, and technological transformation. Research & Artistic Method Detlef Schlich’s artistic research is rooted in his essay Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture: Cause and Effect , which investigates the relationship between ritual, artistic transformation, media, and digital culture. Download here for free: Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture: Cause and Effect https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_Effect Building on this foundation, Schlich developed Multilayerism: A New Paradigm in Contemporary Art – A Manifesto , an artistic method and conceptual framework for understanding contemporary art through layers of media, memory, technology, ritual, emotion, misunderstanding, and lived experience. Read here: Multilayerism: A New Paradigm in Contemporary Art – A Manifesto by Detlef Schlich https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375665507_Multilayerism_A_New_Paradigm_in_Contemporary_Art_-_A_Manifesto_by_Detlef_Schlich Together, these texts form the theoretical backbone of Schlich’s ongoing work as a visual artist, media archaeologist, ritual designer, musician, and host of the Arteetude p

#ArTEEtude 358 – Detlef Schlich continues his artistic research journey on Cape Clear Island, West Cork, Ireland, exploring the connections between language, landscape, cultural memory and contemporary music. THE CAPE CLEAR RESEARCH SESSIONS | PART TWO