I'm an visual and performance artist working and living in Switzerland and South Africa.
I lived three years in Amsterdam. After graduating I moved back to Switzerland where I'm currently enrolled in a Master Programme focusing my practice on performance art.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel and was introduced to couchsurfing in 2009, while I was backpacking in the US.
Couchsurfing brings the unique opportunity to immerse oneself into the vibrant life of a place and meeting new people. It's a beautiful way to make friendships on the road, share food and stories with each other within a community of travelers. Couchsurfing in my experience makes the journey more interesting.
Hosting brings me the opportunity to have the world come to me and invade my day-to-day routine. I love to hear stories of people about their travels.

Interests

• #poetry
• #performanceart
• #thegreatoutdoors
• #backpackingpowerplaces
• #citybybike
• #hikinginthemountains
• #travellingbycargoship
• #swimminginrivers
• #solitudeinnaturalresorts
• #goodvibesclubbing
• #otherwisejustapub
• #spaceodysseywithabottleofredwine
• cinemaistheonlywaytowatchagoodmovie
• #writingshortstories
• #talkingtostrangersatabusstop

Music, Movies, and Books

All time favorite movie is 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Recent movie I thought was very good: Gloria.

Currently reading (and for a while now): Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.

My taste in music exceeds genres but one of my favorite tracks: Birdland by Patti Smith.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling on a bluck carrier from Hamburg to Cape Town. Five weeks on a ship, looking at the sea everyday and never getting bored by it. Reading Anna Karenina in the cabin for hours, playing table tennis with the most vibrant English lady ever and enjoying the amazing tales of early Antarctic exploration by her husband while sitting on the stern watching the sunset. In the night diving into Youth by Joseph Conrad and in the morning getting up to the view of Table Mountain.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Exchange travel stories over a warm meal cooked by me!
Possibly exploring the city together and finding hidden treasures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland