Hello! I am an artist working on the field of theatre, performative arts, sound and visual arts. I was born and raised in Minsk, in Belarus. When I was 18 years old I moved to Prague to study Alternative theatre. I am currently finishing my master there and participating in various artistic projects. Most of the time I am busy with my theatre collective PYL, which we established together with several friends. We are working with sound, objects, recycled material and diy principles.

Apart from that sometimes I dream that one day I will forget about work and art and will go to explor an unkown territory, far away from Europe...
or at least play chess without thinking about anything for a couple of hours :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I prefer to have a personal contact with (local) people than simply renting a hostel or airbnb while travelling. Also my belief is that in current era of the digital age this way we can keep the importance of a co presence in real time and space.

Interests

https://mariakomarova.wordpress.com/

• literature
• performing arts
• traveling
• drawing
• experimental music
• puppetry

Music, Movies, and Books

jazz, noise, no wave, punk, funk, minimal, electornics
Recently I started listening hip-hop :-)

books by
s. beckett, v. gombrowicz, b. schulz, f. dostojevskij, a. platonov, f. kafka, a.camus, v. kchlebnikov

films by
s. parajanov, s.solovjev, j. waters , p. pazolini,e.kusturica,j.jarmush

etcetc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

With my friends we organize a festival of performative arts in Minsk! When we did a first edition I could not believe that it was really happening... there, in my hometown... where everything seems impossible...

Also a trip from Batumi to Tbilisi by hitchhiking through the mountains, where was almost no road. that is why riding 300 km took me two days. No cars only cows cows cows

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you a lot of stories! About my childhood in Minsk :-) about our PYL theatre, Art History, Fluxus...
stories about myself or stories about the objects from everyday life.

something practical? I love cooking! Especially for other people
I can teach you some russian... or czech? or some unknown language (we can create it together)

If you have small kids I can play with them and draw with them (a well as with you)

What I Can Share with Hosts

drawing, cooking, walking, speaking, singing, jamming

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic