Who was stemarqui?
Since Stefan never shared a single track on wikiloops, only few of you will have come across his user account.
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Still, he was a great supporter of wikiloops, and was probably the closest observer of how I have dealt with wikiloops for some years.
It all started at the 2nd wikiloops member meeting in Urft - Stefan happened to be residing in the nearby Steinfeld Monasterys Guesthouse and stumbled across one of the wikiloops meeting posters, as he had a walk.
Being the curious and culture hungry person he was, he followed the posters invitation and discovered us jamming wikiloopers - and liked what he found.
When he sent me his collection of photos and a very friendly letter some weeks after that 2015 meeting, that was the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about wikiloops, which we've kept going until the end of last year.
[img]https://wloops2.r.worldssl.net/galleries/8868/files/3884acf5ebf482abb8df172f7c17a037.jpg[/img]
stemarqui & wjl at the wikiloops member meeting
Stefan, whos interests included audio engineering, improvisational dance, miming, playing the piano and trombone took great part in investigating ways to promote and fund the wikiloops project, which he saw as a creative means to advertise peacefull intercultural exchange.
He was the one suggesting I'd move the wikiloops meeting to Steinfeld, which turned out a great decision.
He spent endless hours preparing stuff for the wikiloops meetings 2016-2018, filming at the events and taking care of the participants needs. Stefan loved to help while staying out of the spotlight, and all who have met him at some meeting will confirm that.
[img]https://wloops2.r.worldssl.net/galleries/8868/files/DSC_3143%20(2).jpg[/img]
He picked up the nickname "the wise" Stefan at some meeting (maybe someone can recall how that happened?) because we needed to distinguish between no less but for Stefans at the event. The name was a good fit.
Stefan valued wikiloops very highly, and I at some point entrusted him with keeping the duplicate backup drives of wikiloops and some security instructions for the event that something might happen to me.
I remember Stefan sitting at our kitchen table in deep discussion about where to go with wikiloops,
or sharing the exhausted yet happy moments after long wikiloops meeting days, recollecting what went well and what did not. Stefan was a great listener, had a great sensitivity weighing different options and a never ending interest to discover new fields of interest.
He sure was a special person in the best of ways.
Stefan was diagnosed with a severe health issue in 2019, and passed away some time in spring of 2020.
May he rest in peace, and may we keep him in our memories.
Since Stefan never shared a single track on wikiloops, only few of you will have come across his user account.
[img]https://wloops2.r.worldssl.net/galleries/8868/files/DSC_4213%20(2).jpg[/img]
Still, he was a great supporter of wikiloops, and was probably the closest observer of how I have dealt with wikiloops for some years.
It all started at the 2nd wikiloops member meeting in Urft - Stefan happened to be residing in the nearby Steinfeld Monasterys Guesthouse and stumbled across one of the wikiloops meeting posters, as he had a walk.
Being the curious and culture hungry person he was, he followed the posters invitation and discovered us jamming wikiloopers - and liked what he found.
When he sent me his collection of photos and a very friendly letter some weeks after that 2015 meeting, that was the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about wikiloops, which we've kept going until the end of last year.
[img]https://wloops2.r.worldssl.net/galleries/8868/files/3884acf5ebf482abb8df172f7c17a037.jpg[/img]
stemarqui & wjl at the wikiloops member meeting
Stefan, whos interests included audio engineering, improvisational dance, miming, playing the piano and trombone took great part in investigating ways to promote and fund the wikiloops project, which he saw as a creative means to advertise peacefull intercultural exchange.
He was the one suggesting I'd move the wikiloops meeting to Steinfeld, which turned out a great decision.
He spent endless hours preparing stuff for the wikiloops meetings 2016-2018, filming at the events and taking care of the participants needs. Stefan loved to help while staying out of the spotlight, and all who have met him at some meeting will confirm that.
[img]https://wloops2.r.worldssl.net/galleries/8868/files/DSC_3143%20(2).jpg[/img]
He picked up the nickname "the wise" Stefan at some meeting (maybe someone can recall how that happened?) because we needed to distinguish between no less but for Stefans at the event. The name was a good fit.
Stefan valued wikiloops very highly, and I at some point entrusted him with keeping the duplicate backup drives of wikiloops and some security instructions for the event that something might happen to me.
I remember Stefan sitting at our kitchen table in deep discussion about where to go with wikiloops,
or sharing the exhausted yet happy moments after long wikiloops meeting days, recollecting what went well and what did not. Stefan was a great listener, had a great sensitivity weighing different options and a never ending interest to discover new fields of interest.
He sure was a special person in the best of ways.
Stefan was diagnosed with a severe health issue in 2019, and passed away some time in spring of 2020.
May he rest in peace, and may we keep him in our memories.
