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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
@HAPPENSTANTLEY
Member since 2006
ABOUT ME I'm an artist. I recently finished Masters. I work in video, sound, performance, sculpture... I've been in Hobart for about 5 years. Before that I lived in Adelaide. I am now studying Psychology.
Interested in Art
Interested in Bars
Fluent in English
Learning Italian
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I surfed with some amazing people quite a few years ago. I have recently hosted for the first time. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've met fantastic people through couchsurfing and learnt a lot about different cultures.
Music, Movies, and Books
Directors: Takeshi Mike, Tarkovsky, Jim Jarmusch, Lars Von Trier, Werner Herzog, David Lynch, Kubrick, Erol Morris, Miyasaki, Akira Kurosawa, Cohen Brothers........ Books: I mostly read non fiction but i have liked: Rumi, Philip K Dick, Steinbeck, Orwell, Hunter S Thompson, Will Self, Dostoevsky, Bukowski. Music: I like most music traditional music from places like Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, India, Africa, Japan, Turkey... J-dilla, KRS-ONE, madlib, I like experimental, noise and sound artists others I like: Tony Conrad, ooioo, Philip Glass, Philip Jeck, Colleen, the Beatles of course, Nina Simone, smog, Tom waits, konono, Jim O'Rourke.... Artists: Marina Abramovic, Olafur Eliasson, Santiago Sierra, Maurizio Cattelan, Tehching Hsieh, Roberto Villeneuva...and so on
Teach, Learn, Share
I am an artist with skills and knowledge in painting, drawing, sculpture, video, sound and installation. I would like to learn more about film making, organic farming, traditional music and customs
My Interests
Laughing, eating, drinking art, music, film, yoga, meditation, cooking and sharing great food, travel (obviously) hiking, riding I don't mind having a drink now and then.
