Hello!

I am an artist/designer working with friends with whom we have a collective practice called Nonhuman Nonsense, where we do projects that attempt to reimagine out relationship to other beings. We do research, make exhibitions in lots of different media, cherish compassion and humor. Due to our projects, I happen to travel quite often to meet collaborators, and install exhibitions, which I am super happy and grateful for! At the moment I live in Amsterdam, previously, Berlin, Helsinki, Eindhoven and a longer time ago - Latvia where I grew up. I love to be outdoors, do boat trips, mushroom picking (every Latvian does it), dance, read, make things and share a good conversation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking for local people to hang out with and global couches to crash on.

Interests

• animals
• arts
• books
• contemporary art
• cooking
• vegetarian
• painting
• music
• hiking
• art history
• biology
• philosophy
• nature
• adventure
• forests
• dance
• making friends
• environmentalism
• art museums
• nature walks
• design thinking
• mushroom hunting
• symbiosis

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy listening to funky, groovy, electronic, ambient, hip hop, new wave, synth pop, but I like all kinds of music. Happy to share with you my playlists and newly discovered albums, artists.

Favorite radio station --- NTS.live

Watch these if you haven't --- "Sound of Noise" 2010 / "La Belle Verte" 1996 / "Little Miss Sunshine" 2006

Really nice read on the power of memes --- "Can jokes bring down governments?" by Metahaven
Check out if interested in speculations on how our designed technologies are redefining who we are --- "are we human" by Beatriz Colomina

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a week in a village with two friends. There we gathered trash and other abandoned materials laying around with which we built brooms. Then we cleaned up the village.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to share with you my time and attention, lets have a conversation over some Latvian potato pancakes, or pink soup :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to make dinner for you and share a conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands