Stephan Max
Stephan Max
Stephan Max
My website is a personal website about all the little things that shape my existence; from the concerts I went to, over Creative Coding projects, to random thoughts on life and the people around me.
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Today I made some purchases that have been patiently rotting in my wishlist for way too long. Zelda & Chill by beat maker Mikel. It is Zelda. It is lo-fi hip hop. No idea what took me so long. A Constant Buzz (digital + x-ray vinyl 🤩) by...
Bei jedem meiner bisherigen Besuche des Machwerkhauses bin ich auch durch das Naturfärbe-Atelier Cosmaki geschlendert; einerseits weil die ausgestellten Textil-Unikate Lust auf Neuentdeckung machen, andererseits weil Betreiber Simon so...
Bei jedem meiner bisherigen Besuche des Machwerkhauses bin ich auch durch das Naturfärbe-Atelier Cosmaki geschlendert; einerseits weil die ausgestellten Textil-Unikate Lust auf Neuentdeckung machen, andererseits weil Betreiber Simon so...
Das Allgemeine Syndikat Freie Arbeiter:innen Union (FAU) Köln hatte Interessierte in das Naturfreundehaus in Kalk zum Vortrag „Anarchistischer Antimilitarismus“ von Dr. Bernd Drücke eingeladen. Herr Drücke—seit 1972 Redakteur der...
Ich bin angepisst. Angepisst, weil mir Menschen in meinem engsten Umfeld sagen, dass ich kein Pazifist mehr sein kann. 2003! Klar! Da ging das. Aber in Zeiten von Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Terrororganisationen und Co. brauchen wir eben...
Ein paar Minuten nachdem ich Joachim Andraes Post auf Mastodon gesehen hatte, flutschte auch bei mir was durch den Briefschlitz—meine allererste Zinetauschpost! Jenni hatte es also geschafft, die Tauschbriefe für die über 80...
In an attempt to catch up on what I’ve missed in the last two weeks, pop-culturally speaking, I stumbled upon the ensemble interview The ‘Scrubs’ Cast Can’t Stop Making Each Other Laugh by Rotten Tomatoes, and you know what? I am...
Processing Community Lead Raphaël de Courville just posted Building Bridges. Wrapping-Up the 2025 pr05 Developer Grant Program, which is a great write-up of one of my professional and personal highlights of last year. Triggers some...
I think Jonathan Snook summarized it perfectly when he made Organize around passions, not destinations one of his travel tips. One of my passions is cooking and I try to take a cooking class wherever I go, preferably in a home or small...
Going Home/Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 by Albie Sachs; recording by Warrick Swinney When Dr. Phokeng Setai—one of six curators of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa—finished our tour at the old Dusthouse—an architectural remnant...
We did a museum day today and visited the Iziko South African Museum and the Iziko South African National Gallery. Iziko is isiXhosa for “hearth” and an organization that operates 11 national museums in Cape Town under the label Iziko...
With circles we enter the world of pi, astronomy, and trigonometry. Naturally, creative coders and generative artists are drawn to this shape as well. This is the accompanying note for the eponymous zine that I created for Zinetausch #10...
The square; four straight lines of equal length and four equal angles. What sounds like the most boring of the quadrilaterals has an almost magical aura. Think about the sides of a dice, the chessboard, or the floor area of the Egyptian...
I did it! Yesterday I finished my three zines—well, six, because three are Jenni’s return-of-investment—zines.cool’s Zinetausch #10—mere hours before our flight to Cape Town. I am so happy that I made it and it was incredible fun! But...
The first Bandcamp Friday purchase of 2026 is a nod to the random happenstances that are music recommendations and my eclectic taste in music. Macrowaves (including the absolute banger Skylight) and Firing Squad (new-ish track feat....