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Overview

  • 9 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian; learning Spanish
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Architect / designer / film maker
  • degree in architecture
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life as it is, I'm really ok with myself.

ABOUT ME

This is really hard to write... but...
Curious and creative. Thinker and sometimes director more than actor. I like meeting people, speaking while drinking something. Emotional, friendly I think.

PHILOSOPHY

Actually I find too difficult this question, I'm still searching for myself. Maybe one day I'll answer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

How? hosting people and getting hosted! Exchanging cultures and points of view with other people.
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COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I went to Rome through couchsurfing, it was a very nice experience and now I got a new friend!

Interests

I'm intrested in architecture, visual art, 2d/3d graphics, animation, cinema, swimming & going to the sea, nature, snowboarding and skiing, snorkeling and the marine landscapes, travelling & knowing different culture/people(sure), speaking other languages, ...

Then I like shooting and film-making...
Here's the link to the trailer of my documentary!
It's only 54 seconds. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDvhkjz1AWY

  • arts
  • culture
  • architecture
  • design
  • documentaries
  • acting
  • vegetarian
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • camping
  • hunting
  • snorkeling
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • swimming
  • animation
  • teaching
  • languages
  • law
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Shortbus (absolutely terrific!), Orlando, The Hours, american beauty, Le gout des autres, Jacque Tati's movies, Pasolini movies, Michel Gondry movies, Almodovar Movies, Ken Loach movies, Michael Moore, Me and you and everyone we know, Le fabuleu destin d'Amelie Poulin, Kill Bill, Boogie Nights, Le fate ignoranti, Fight Club, Matrix, The take...
Books: Before night falls, 1984, Due di due, The little Prince, The Hours, Giulietto Chiesa, Shock Economy, Gilles Deleuse's L'Anti-oedipe (but still too hard to read for me!!), Queer Theory and gender studies books, Gomorra, fairy tales, socio-political books.... I don't reed so much.
Music: It's too long to make a list, I'm not crazy for a particular kind of music, I just listen what I find intresting. Anyway from Bjork to Serge Gainsburg to Rino Gaetano to classical or popular music like Taranta.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending 3 summers in Camping San Paolo in Capo Rizzuto, Calabria, Italy. It was a 70's commune who fighted to have the first legal naturist beach in Itlaly. Now it's no more a commune, but there you'll find friendly, alternative, vegetarian, naturist, buddist, artistic, politically and socially envolved people. It's the place of counterculture and natural fun. Everyone used to teach his knowledge to each other. Magnificent coast made up of gray clay which you can use by putting on your skin or modelling sculptures!
The summers spent there were my best vacations.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach graphics (I was a teacher of web design in a secondary school), I could teach Italian of course, and maybe how to make a documentary (only for amateurs, I got a little experience but I never studied cinema).

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

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