CURRENT MISSION

walk the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet

ABOUT ME

Hey! I'm Nastia, art historian and artist. I think I could define myself as intellectual, calm and easy-going person (but a little bit shy). I like to take care about people and help them to explore the area or teach them the things I know. My English is in the style of Google-translator (sorry for this in advance), but it doesn't stop me to joke, tell stories, share knowledge and discuss philosophical/ art stuff.

For past four years I have worked as a car salesman (to be precise -- saleswoman), psychologist (according to my first education), designer, stage decorator, guide, lecturer of contemporary art history, MOOC-courator, I worked in IT-startup (design an onboarding system) and now I make movies.

Between these strange works I travel, and like many here, I can not live without it.

I'm interested in arts, mostly visual. At different points in my life I did photography, painting and videoart.

I'm also keen on reading and western philosophy. And I love to rethink the reality artistically.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I tried myself as surfer in Iceland, Sweden, Hungury, Belgium, Portugal, Пукьфтн and Turkey and it was pretty good. I'd like to continue and to host some nice people at my place.

Interests

• arts
• architecture
• design
• traveling
• electronic music
• teaching
• history
• languages
• neuroscience
• cinema
• museums
• art museums
• independent cinema

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm crazy for cinema. My favorite directors are Jean-Luc Godard, Bertrand Blier, Gaspar Noé, Paolo Sorrentino, Aki Kaurismäki, David Lynch, Peter Greenaway, Ulrich Seidl, Michael Haneke, Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Lars Von Trier, Andrey Zvyaginzev.

But my favorite movie from childhood is Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey

Music: electronic music, psychedelic rock, nostalgic hits from the 90s

Books: Nabokov, Dovlatov, Thomas Mann, Alberto Moravia, Salinger, Simone De Beauvoir, Umberto Eco, books on the history and theory of art and philosophy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I replanted a moss in Iceland
Found a real meteorite in the forest
Built a fence in an old French monastery
A year ago I made a tattoo on my chest (St. Mark's Lion)
In 2018, I made a documentary film in Dagestan (Northern Caucasus)

Teach, Learn, Share

We can go to the museum and I will tell you something interesting about art history (I hope)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My weird travel stories , some good laugh

We can watch a movie together! With some russian food that I can prepare.
Or I can advise the film for any occasion.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation