heilà!
I’m matteo, they call me cippy and I like to do things with people. Always have some weird music instrument with me and play it with strangers. Generally stealing cigarettes as a way of making new friends.

I work as a transdisciplinary artist / designer for academies and commons. My research is towards giving community tools in order to enable capabilities.
If you have any idea, I'd be interested to think about it together!

I had my best time studying in Bolzano (Italy) and Jerusalem, which became a very dear place to me. Then moved to Linz (Austria) and now back to my hometown in Italy, where I started a nice project which connects a lot of people: @nientedafare_biella on insta and in the squares.

I like to be with people and share, learn, have fun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I see this platform as something I want to explore, as a space that allows meaningful connections between strangers. I consider hosting and being welcomed a political act of its own, a performance, an alternative way of traveling through hospitality and care.

Interests

• hitchhiking
• phylosophy
• underground culture
• middle east
• community

Music, Movies, and Books

Città Invisibili
Tootart, 47soul, genesis, dire straits, bob
Chat noir, chat blanc
Coelho’s Alchimist and The unbearable lightness of being (so overrated they’re actually cool)
Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry

other stuff from Edward Said, Guy Debord, Hito Steyerl, Hackim Bey, Brandon LaBelle, Homi Bhabha, McLuhan, Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Paulo Freire, Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, Jung and friends

Teach, Learn, Share

relational aesthetics and all its troubles, guitar and mouth harp, darkroom printing, music jam, screenprint/risograph, how to always miss trains and some magic tricks

What I Can Share with Hosts

Biscuits, wine and good vibes + I can cook

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Israel, Italy, Palestine