heilà!
I’m matteo, they call me cippy and I often engage in collective situations. Always have some weird music instrument with me and play it with strangers. Generally asking for directions as a way of making new friends.

I work as artist / designer / craftsman for academies and commons. My research is towards giving community tools in order to enable capabilities and create new imaginaries.
If you have any idea, I'd be interested to think about it together!

I had my best time studying in Bolzano (Italy) and Jerusalem, which became a very dear place to me. Then moved to Linz (Austria) and back to my hometown in Italy, where I started a nice project which connected a lot of people: @nientedafare_biella on insta and in the squares. I still have a room there, often empty :)

I’m now on a journey building structures, learning permaculture and visiting friends around europe.

I like to be with people and share, learn, stay present.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I see this platform as something I want to explore, as a space that allows meaningful connections between strangers. I consider hosting and being welcomed a political act of its own, a performance, an alternative way of traveling through hospitality and care.

Interests

• hitchhiking
• phylosophy
• underground culture
• middle east
• community

Music, Movies, and Books

Città Invisibili (calvino <3)
Tootard, battiato, bedouin burger, de andrè, 47soul, genesis, dire straits, bob,
Chat noir, chat blanc, la belle vert
Coelho’s Alchemist
Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry

other stuff from Edward Said, Guy Debord, Hito Steyerl, Hackim Bey, Brandon LaBelle, Homi Bhabha, McLuhan, Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Paulo Freire, Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, Jung and friends

Teach, Learn, Share

Bio building, permaculture, relational aesthetics and all its troubles, alternative pedagogies, guitar, mandolin and mouth harp, darkroom printing, talking through mysic, screenprint/risograph, how to always miss trains and some magic tricks

What I Can Share with Hosts

Biscuits, wine and good vibes + I can cook

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Israel, Italy, Palestine