Summing up, I'm a coffee-addicted vegan sporty nerdy Siberian-born street artist (@heavy.mentall on Instagram) from Argentina. I’m coming to Europe for an art festival in Pompeii, Italy, so why not get the most from the trip!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love both hosting and surfing, sharing and receiving. It’s such a great way to get to know places and most amazing people (some of which have transform into long-term friends). I’ve hosted about 20 fellow travelers and have surfed about as many couches. Hope to go for more!

Interests

I’m a bit obsessed with rock climbing in general and bouldering in particular (a somewhat masochistic type of climbing with no ropes and lots of falls involved). I try to train 3-4 times a week, and do ashtanga yoga on ‘rest days’ (they never are). I’m a graphic designer by trade, but got sick of screens, so now I’m mostly professionally staring at walls (and painting them). Warning: I’m somewhat known for terrible jokes, so if you are allergic to puns let me know in advance!

• street art
• concerts
• coffee
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• slackline
• digital art
• standup comedy
• ashtanga
• art exhibitions
• bicycle riding
• plant based cooking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: psychedelic black metal, mathcore, sludge, post-rock, post-metal, post-hardcore, nu-jazz, trip-hop, hip-hop, dream pop, new soul, electronic and of course freak folk :) All-times favorites (to name a few because there are so many!): Radiohead, Clowncore, Oranssi Pazuzu, Cult of Luna, Grizzly Bear, Moth Equals, Apparat, Plaid, Amon Tobin, and almost all NPR Tiny Desks!

Books: lately anything labeled popular science (especially neurophysiology, evolutionary biology and cosmology). All-times favorites are: Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen Hawking, Foucault, Joan Roughgarden “Evolution’s Rainbow”, anything by Robert Sapolsky and Richard Dawkins, as well as Bertran Russel´s “History of Western Philosophy” and “Lord of the Rings”

Movies: independent cinema and black comedies are always welcome. To name a few, Lars von Trier, Park Chan-wook, Alan Parker, Kim Ki Duk, Darren Aronofsky, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick, etc.

Shows: Arcane, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Fleabag, Game of Thrones, The Boys.

Stand-ups (love them!): Louis CK (I know I know), Josh Johnson, Tom Segura, Ricky Gervais, Hannah Gadsby, James Acaster, Dave Chappelle (I know I know), Bo Burnham etc etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being born

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you climbing, painting, tricks in Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign, plant-based cooking and a million random facts you will never ever need in your entire life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share a bunch of stories I accumulated over time while traveling, hitchhiking, living in mango gardens, swimming in a river with piranhas and doing lots of mildly and not-so-mildly dangerous things, as well as food (I consider myself a decent plant-based cook). If you practice yoga we can do a session together, too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Brazil, Czech Republic, India, Morocco, Poland, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Germany, Peru, Russian Federation, United States

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