Born and raised in Lisbon, just as local as one can be. Grew up hearing about misadventures in Europe's nightlife, so I can be rather keen on going out and dancing. I have long insetted myself in the process of deepening and learning all available art formats. I’ve explored theatre, music, fine arts, radio and literature. This zigzagging route has contributed much for my passion of modern art, because in the end, the effervescence caused by dissatisfaction or by effervescence sake itself is common in both my experience and in art. Though, I'm clearly not certain if I've explored any of them in a satisfactory way.
Having no idea what to expect from the future, I'm currently studying Estudos Gerais. It's a ground-breaking new course in Portugal, that combines in one course all the major areas of knowledge and instruction. In fact, I'm attending both the Academy of Fine Arts and the Colleges of Science and Humanities. And by all means, I'm a student of Drawing, Astronomy, French, Visual Culture and many other greats categories of savvy.
I do tend to forget how fun outdoor activities can be, so I'm always up for hiking, paddle, tennis and whatever comes along and rhymes with nature.
Driven to explore cities, human relationships, art and food.
Since 2014, I've been participating as a graphic designer, spokesman and young programmer at the Portuguese Cinémathèque and at Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Trying to discover people who can teach me everything they know about their city. Final aim: guise myself as a local during my stay at a place.

Interests

• cooking
• science
• museums
• art galleries
• afrobeat
• oysters
• crabs
• peppers
• city halls
• disco sound

Music, Movies, and Books

Amarcord; 8 1/2 - Fellini
Ariel - Aki Kaurismäki
La Grande Bouffe - Marco Ferrari
Ieri, Oggi, Domani; L'Oro di Napoli - Vittorio di Sica
Ai no Bōrei - Nagisa Oshima
Some like it hot - Billy Wilder
Rushmore - Wes Anderson
Ordet - Carl Th. Dreyer
Pierrot Le Fou - Jean-Luc Godard
Decameron - Pier Paolo Pasolini

David Bowie
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Pulp
Jarvis Coker
Beirut
Beck
Benjamin Clementine
Miles Davis
Aretha Franklin
Air
Chilly Gonzales
John Coltrane
Richard Strauss
Ottawan
Afrobeat

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paul Auster
David Lodge
W. Somerset Maugham
Yeats
Oscar Wilde
Mary Shelley
Nikolai Gogol
William S. Burroughs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I was misleadingly led to assault a country house to steal toilets. The police came and I hid myself in a mud stream.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share past stories, my personal and family's feats and disgraces, traditional Portuguese cookery techniques,
and many more things, I hope.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal