Cologne Culture Hub Stollwerck
A seven-week occupation in 1980 transformed the industrial ruin into a centre for alternative culture across all disciplines—visual arts, music, theater, and media—and established Cologne as a leading cultural hub in Germany for the next decade.
The most significant cultural hub for Cologne was the former “Stollwerck” chocolate factory. A seven-week occupation in 1980 transformed the industrial ruin into a centre for alternative culture across all disciplines—visual arts, music, theater, and media—and established Cologne as a leading cultural hub in Germany for the next decade.
I worked there as a photo student and photojournalist for the city magazines Kölner Volksblatt and Stadtrevue. Germany’s most important art magazine, Kunstforum, also pulished some of my photos.
