I was born in the People's Republic of Brooklyn to Soviet parents, retreated to Germany (Berlin/Hamburg) for some time and then came home. I am often globetrotting due to my work in sustainable urban transport. My curiosity is endless. I give a damn. Politics, history and futurism seem to always be on my mind. I have a penchant for the franco-germanic world, crisp seasides with dunes and cottages nestled by quiet creeks.

Completing my magnum opus. Constantly revising my bucket list.

sentence construction (although this is more apparent in person)

I've got a nice bike.

Some favorite films: Tuvalu, Crossing the Bridge: Sounds of Istanbul, Harold and Maude, Metropolis, Alphaville, Favela Rising, Earth, The Battle of Algiers, No Man's Land, L'Avventura, Network, Life and Debt, Blowup, Crooklyn, Das Leben Der Anderen, Sixth String Samurai, A Zed and Two Naughts, The Syrian Bride, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Gegen Den Wand, Quatsi trilogy and the Bourne series.

Some favorite books: Walden, Reporting by David Remnick, The High Cost of Free Parking, Future Shock, A Guide to the Perplexed, The Right to Be Lazy, The Value of Nothing.

Some favorite music: Hot Chip, Timbre Timber, Noir Désir, Leonard Cohen, Mando Diao, Lau Nau, Four Tet, Serge Gainsbourg, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, The Rosebuds, Moby, The Killers, Nelly McKay, Man Man, Goran Bregovic, The Postal Service, Daft Punk, Shantel, Bonobo, Philip Glass, MGMT, Velvet Underground and any other indie rock, trip hop or gypsy punk.

I am usually listening to twizz.be, bytefm.de, wqxr or wxpn streaming.

Some favorite thinkers: Kant, Sartre, Paul Lafargue, John Stewart Mill, Gertrude Stein, Buckminster Fuller, William Carlos Williams, Susan Sontag, Alvin Toffler, Jane Jacobs. These people have really shaped me, even though they are all dead. Too bad.

Some favorite foods: Bahn mi, jamaican veggie patties, sushi, soba soup, textured protein, baguette and cheese, squash, anything vegetarian that looks good.

cities & nature
music & cinema
traveling & staying home

urban life, alternatives to commonly held beliefs, finding time for an Emir Kusturica film marathon

always up to something.

I haven't watched TV since 1999.

you want to meet over a glass of wine. big plus if you are a polyglot with an international edge.