CURRENT MISSION

Stay Human | Restiamo Umani

ABOUT ME

Dear Globetrotters! I'm Martin, a visual artist from Napoli, Southern Italy. I've been working with images - still and moving - as long as I can remember. My approach is research - based, and includes both documentary and contemporary visual practices, with a specific interest on geopolitics, lansdcape and collective memory. Since 2008 I've developed independent publications, worked with film / multimedia studios and collaborated with anthropologists, musicians, artists and directors on different projects.

Take a look at my works here: www.martinerrichiello.com

PHILOSOPHY

All I have is time and a pair of eyes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Getting closer!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since 2007 i am a Hospitality Club member - when Couchsurfing didn't exist yet aka I have it in my blood!

Interests

Compulsive traveler. Obsessed by small photographs, found objects and Cape Verdian women: all things who could save the world.

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema: Chris Marker, above all. Guy Debord, Andreij Tarkowsky visionary cinema, Artavazd Pelesjian's filmography, Pietro Marcello's filmography, Dogma95 film movement, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Italian Neorealism, Miyazaki, John Cassavettes and hundreds more.

Music: Toumani Diabate, Fela Kuti, Murcof, Ali Farka Toure, Carla Bley, Animal Collective, 70s roots reggae music, Amon Tobin, Mulatu Astatke, Erik Truffaz, Agitation Free, Simentera and Cap-Verdian music, Chico Buarque, Miles Davis and early free-jazz, Trentemoller and Aphex Twin, Dave Holland and hundreds more.

Writers: Julio Cortazar, Nazim Hikmet poetry, early beat literature - Allen Ginsberg, Corso and Ferlinghetti, W.Burroughs, Kavafis poetry and dozens more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've watched volcanoes erupting, snakes falling from the sky in the Dogon land, and rafting through Himalaya's rivers. All the other thousands stories will get out with a glass of wine, face to face!

Teach, Learn, Share

Love and Rhytm.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Love and Rhytm.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom