ter this initial hiccup, they had a pretty good time that night, with Phil doing his Büdchen duties while Nicola tattooed the guests. Before leaving she asked Chill Phil to come to Australia and to bring the Büdchen with him, adding “I’m serious”. Phil said “Ok, I am serious too”. Hardy says, “I did not doubt him for a second”.
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**Ausgabe 2 – Australien. Mai 2008**
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Preis: $AUD10.00 Deutsch preis + $3000 (includes airfare). Made by Nicola Hardy mit Chill Phil Schöde für das Büdchen in Hamburg.
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Former Köln resident, Chill Phil, has recently found himself amidst controversy in the wake of visit by Australian artist, Nicola Hardy. Chill Phil of Hamburg “really didn’t know what hit him” when he met Melbourne girl, Nicola Hardy in March this year. The artist, who was completing a residency at Vorwerkstift at the time felt the same way. “Neither of us expected this to happen, I mean, no-one plans to fall in love do they?” The pair met at Bennie Bo’s vernissage, and Chill Phil invited Nicola to his Büdchen the following evening. But Chill Phil forgot and when she arrived there, he did not know who she was. “It was like I was a complete stranger, I said to him, ‘well you must have been pretty wasted’”. Af-
When he visited the following Monday she showed him pictures of vans. She goes on to admit she was “... surprised when he asked me to go to Köln with him later in the week, but I never thought there were romantic undertones to the invitation.” Unable to go to the famous gay city due to other commitments, it was not until the night of her vernissage that Nicola realised that Phil was interested in more than a passing friendship. “Phil had returned from his trip that day and he showed up at the gallery as I was hanging my exhibition. I was drinking Averna and I offered him a glass. He said ‘I would drink anything with you.’ which I thought was a strange thing to say.” Later, at the opening Nicola was “a little bit drunk” due to the fact that she and her friends Thomas and Vina had nearly finished the bottle of Averna. “Yeah it was tasty, we like it with lots of lemon and ice.”