CURRENT MISSION:

To appreciate all the blessings and curves that life brings my way. I am recently re-logging into this account after quite a long absence.

ABOUT ME:

Hi! My name is Aaron. Simply put, I'm an artist soaking up every second of life that I can. I recently moved back to Detroit after living in Xalapa, Mexico for 2 years, and Berlin, Germany for 8.

I work as a video artist, experimental photographer, and visual artist. Looking to meet new people and travel around the country spending as much time in nature.

PHILOSOPHY:

Embrace your rough edges and know its ok to be "weird" - also, to not discount how magical and mysterious life can be.

Other than that...

1. Dance! (whether at a party on the beach, or in line at the supermarket)

2. Take risks

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Im re-logging in after a number of years away. I love to meet new people, looking to connect with people all over the USA. I am not currently set up for couch surfers just yet, but its something I am aiming to finally make happen, cause I love the idea

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Its not really a couch story - but the way i traveled was similar in spirit:

In June of 2004, I packed my bag the morning I left for London. Spent a month backpacking in Europe. Went to Paris, Amsterdam, Katowice (Poland), Rome and then attended a six week 16mm film class in Florence, Italy. After that, I decided to take a train to Sicily....yeah, you heard me right - they put the train on a boat! Anyway - didnt have any money so i slept on the beach for 2 nights then found a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant. They fed me & let me sleep in the bar. I worked there for 2 weeks til i had enough money to take a boat to Naples. Made it to Rome where I had a flight waiting to take me back to London – then home. Everyone there was so very kind – they got a kick out of seeing an “Americano” come to Italy to find work.

Interests

film, art, reading, photography, family, writing, detroit, 1970's, foreign cinema, hell- all cinema, lofts, jazz, deep house, dancing all night, ancient history and literature, rainstorms, traveling, telling stories, debating and good conversation, stir-fry, meeting new people, ghetto blasters, electronic music fest, oceans, left wing politics, different points of view, did i say detroit? warm days, life in general

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• performing arts
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• clubbing
• boating
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• podcasts
• music
• electronic music
• jazz
• backpacking
• freelancing
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

ELECTRONIC

Way too many to count...Moodymann; DOP; Kalabrese; the Das; Ricardo Villalobos; Roy Davis Jr; Joe Claussel; Roy Ayers; Derrick Carter; Fred Everything; Kerri Chandler; Terry Lee Brown

JAZZ
John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Django Rheinhardt, Max Roach; Dizzy Gillespie; Art Blakey; Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday

HIP HOP
Mos Def; Talib Kweli; Dilla; Fugees; Lauryn Hill; NAS; Notorious BIG; Common; A Tribe Called Quest; Afrika Bambaataa; Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth; De La Soul; The Roots; MF Doom; Madlib, Jeru the Damaja; Smiff-N-Wessun

OTHER
Stevie Wonder; Gil-Scott Heron; Danny Brown; Depeche Mode; Marvin Gaye; Gap Band; Led Zeppelin; The Beatles; Nirvana; Van Morrison; James Brown; Lou Reed; Carole King; The Kinks; The Doors; James Taylor; Nick Drake; Hall & Oates; Michael Jackson; The Velvet Underground; Kool and the Gang;

15 MOVIES I REALLY LIKE (no particular order)
American Beauty, The Godfather I and II
Raging Bull, JFK, Shawshank Redemption, The Seventh Seal, Pulp Fiction, The Royal Tenenbaums, Manhattan, Breathless (1960), Adaptation, American History X, Goodfellas, Life is Beautiful, Big Lebowski

BOOKS:
Hunter S. Thompson, Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Edgar Allen Poe, Kerouac's On the Road, Really the Blues, Donald Miller

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

saw a unicorn once

Teach, Learn, Share

If you haven’t given electronic music a real chance before – go ahead - you might be surprised (links below)

DEEP HOUSE MUSIC MIXES:

http://blog.soulclap.us/category/podcasts/

Will add more soon

CHECK OUT MY WORK BELOW

LIVE VIDEO MIXING SAMPLES
http://vimeo.com/channels/koolikmixing

VIDEO FLYERS/PROMOS
http://vimeo.com/channels/koolikpromos

FREELANCE WORK
http://vimeo.com/aaronkulik

WEBSITE
http://www.aaronkulik.com

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Mexico, United States