CURRENT MISSION

Back in Helsinki with a new job, after living in Madrid for a while.

ABOUT ME

Somewhat of a dreamer, artistically and idealistically inclined. Peaceful and international for all means and purposes.

More specifically, I currently work as the Managing Director of a contemporary dance company. I also have a long history of working with contemporary art and music, organizing exhibitions, events and stuff. In my free time I sometimes write lyrics and occasionally even rap and sing them in public. I play some football, footbag and basketball too.

( Feel free to ask questions.. )

PHILOSOPHY

Still in the process of figuring it out.. Generally speaking, I strive to be a positive force, change things for the better and make people happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am happy to create connections, share ideas and give tips, as well as share my flat with friendly people in need of short-term housing..

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Extremely positive so far. Stayed and became friends with really nice people in Valencia (Spain) in April–May 2008. Hosted, hung out and made friends with really cool people in Helsinki and elsewhere as well..

+ Had a fairly long period of inactivity here, but now (2018) I'm back. :)

Interests

Music, visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, writing, reading, singing, sleeping, dreams, tea, nature, different cultures, different people, communication, languages, some sciences, politics (to an extent), ecology / sustainability, travelling, Spain, Latin America, the World, philosophy, mysticism, alternative lifestyles, evolution, revolution, Love...

• arts
• culture
• writing
• singing
• contemporary art
• dancing
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• ecology
• languages
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Anything good, in principle.. Mainly different sorts of rock, electronica, hip hop, deep house, minimal techno, drum & bass, jazz, funk, ethno and ambient..

Movies by: Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Tim Burton, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodovar, The Coen Brothers, Aki Kaurismäki, ... Some favourites: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 2001: A Space Odyssey, La Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie, Midnight Express, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Scarface, Brazil, Star Wars, Spaceballs, Dead Ringers, Awakenings, Point Break, Naked Lunch, Edward Scissorhands, Arizona Dream, The Double Life of Véronique, The Crying Game, Boyz n the Hood, Malcolm X, The Crow, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Smoke, The Usual Suspects, The City of Lost Children, When Night Is Falling, Seven, 12 Monkeys, Trainspotting, The Pillow Book, L.A. Confidential, Happiness, American Beauty, Pi, Cube, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Butterfly, Magnolia, Wonder Boys, The Matrix, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Amores Perros, Amélie, Spirited Away, Finding Nemo, The Pianist, The Quiet American, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill 1 & 2, 2046, Hellboy, Hotel Rwanda, The Constant Gardener, Babel, Pan's Labyrinth, Little Miss Sunshine, Inland Empire, The Road to Guantanamo, WALL-E, The Wackness, ... Documentaries: The End of Suburbia, Fahrenheit 9/11, Le Monde Selon Bush, The Corporation, Why We Fight, ...

Books by: Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Milan Kundera, Henry Miller, Umberto Eco, Paolo Coelho, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip Roth, Hunter S. Thompson, Salman Rushdie, Carole Maso, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Mika Waltari, Pentti Saarikoski, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Leena Krohn, Mikko Lehtonen, Benedict Spinoza, C.G.Jung, Aldous Huxley, Terence McKenna, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, David C. Korten, Naomi Klein, Michel Chossudovsky, Richard Heinberg, Webster Tarpley, David Ray Griffin, Michael C Ruppert, Jeremy Leggett, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was born and developed consciousness.
I have also co-founded a gallery-bar called La Serilla in Barcelona, which was a cool and crazy place, until it came to an end... Also founded and ran a place called XL Art Space in Helsinki, 2011–2015, which was kind of amazing too.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know something about art and culture and have views about international politics and the contemporary human condition, among other things.. Done a bit of research on Peak Oil, resource depletion and sustainability issues as well.. More in person, perhaps..

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Spain

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