In the organizer's words:

Wild, pretentious, full of a sense of style: In the 1970s and 1980s, young authors broke down the boundaries between journalism and fiction. In magazines such as Spex, Tempo and Elaste, writing became a field of experimentation: music was important. Pop stars talk about sex and brushing their teeth, politicians act cool, the banal becomes an event. Attitude rules. Language becomes an axe. Erika Thomalla, Professor of Book Studies and Digital Book Culture at LMU Munich, traces this spirit of optimism in Gegenwart machen. And everyone has their say. Sound bites from 25 years of German journalism. She invited Thomas Meinecke, Moritz von Uslar and musician Jochen "Blumfeld" Distelmeyer to lit.COLOGNE to get a feel for the frenzy of possibilities back then. What is left of it today? An evening about writing in the red light district of the fine arts. They wanted everything - and achieved a lot. Idea: Ralf Niemczyk