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  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; learning German
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Graphic designer/photographer
  • Communications (Media Arts and Production) + Internationa...
  • From Argentina, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
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About Me

Adventurous Argentinian/Australian wishing to explore new places and meet new faces! I'm seeking always to learn and share experiences... to go deeper in discovering what it means to be a human on this wonderful planet... riding the threshold of discovery!

I'm a designer and artist exploring many fields, from graphic design and photography to illustration, sound engineering and contemporary dance.

I was born in Argentina and moved to Sydney, Australia when I was a kid. In 2013 I lived and studied in Italy and backpacked across Europe, and have since been travelling and connecting with the infinite moment.

For the last year and a half, my partner Simo and I have been hitchhiking around South America, humbled by the profound beauty of this fertile continent.

I speak English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.

https://www.instagram.com/organikart

I love:
Pachamama,
Connecting,
Dance,
Yoga,
Music,
Philosophy,
Permaculture,
Nature,
Laughter,
Language,
Film,
Food + cooking

Interests

Music is life! I listen, I dance, and I create. I sing and play the guitar and didgeridoo, bansuri (Indian classical flute), harmonica, and produce electronic beats with synthesizers and computers. I'm a passionate DJ. I've travelled to many beautiful festivals around the world, from SUN festival and Ozora in Hungary, BOOM festival in Portugal to Tree of Life in Turkey! I was at the solar eclipse festivals in 2012 in Australia and another on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

I love the outdoors: nature, hiking, oceans, mountains, meadows, waterfalls...

I love the indoors: film, technology, chilling, cooking, reading...

I'm deeply engaged in contemporary dance, especially contact improvisation. This physical practice is a valuable medium of self-expression and philosophical inquiry that extends to every aspect of life.

I'm a keen gardener and actively apply permaculture principles in life, working towards ecological sustainability and co-existence with nature.

  • singing
  • design
  • graphic design
  • photography
  • illustrations
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • technology
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • engineering
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - I love vibration, be it classical or electronic or anything in between. I'm into dub, roots, reggae, ethnic, psytrance, techno, ambient, downtempo, dubstep, psychedelic, rock, metal, gypsy, experimental, breakbeat, glitch, jazz, classical, etc, etc.

Movies - I'm passionate and very open-minded when it comes to film. Favourite directors: Kubrick, Miyazaki, Fellini, Cronenberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Spielberg, Alfonso Cuaron, Tarkovsky, Scorsese, Coen Brothers, Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Kurosawa, etc.

Books - mostly literature, sci-fi and non-fiction. Kurt Vonnegut, Tolkien, James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip K. Dick, Albert Camus, David Foster Wallace, Jose Saramago, Isaac Aasimov, Cormac McCarthy, Grant Morrison, Alan Watts, Robert Anton Wilson, Terence McKenna, etc.

Poetry: Pablo Neruda, Fernando Pessoa, Dante, Lorca, Silvio Rodriguez, Jorge Luis Borges, Caetano Veloso

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eclipse Festival 2012 in Far North Queensland, Australia. The total solar eclipse was the most magical, beautiful, amazing experience of my life - a cosmic miracle surrounded by incredible people and mind-blowing creativity!

Teach, Learn, Share

Stuff I can help with:
- graphic design
- photography
- music production
- yoga, pranayama and meditation
- guitar + flute + didgeridoo lessons
- English/Spanish/Italian/French and Portuguese
- cooking! I love to cook!
- computers (I have experience working in IT/web design)
- Eastern philosophy

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Italy

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