Film (obviously), music, history, urban culture, heresies, spiritual anarchism, travel, food, hammams...
I'd like to use this space to connect with people who are interested in my projects, or who might find me useful for theirs.
Here it is... the thing by which we are most judged... our taste... OK, let me list some of the artists in my current playlist... Zani Diabate, Thomas Mapfumo, Chiwoniso Maraire, Farid Al-Atrache, Too Open, Iggy Pop, K'naan, Brice Wassy (saw an amazing live gig recently with Afrika Mkhize on piano), Franco, Gigi, Eddie Palmieri, Omar Pene, The Four Brothers, Coltrane, Mingus, Zolfonoon and lots more... too many to list.
Antonioni, Chris Marker, Raul Ruiz, Buster Keaton, Jerry Lewis, Edward Yang, Abderahmane Sissako, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Souleymane Cisse, Angelopoulos, Georgi Danelia, Dardenne Brothers, Godard, Jafar Panahi, Chantal Akerman, Coline Serreau, Jackie Chan, Frederick Wiseman etc. Mainly like watching comedies and documentaries.
Mainly watch comedies on TV: The Simpsons, Futurama, Malcolm in the Middle, My Name is Earl, Curb Your Enthusiasm, etc. Been enjoying The Peep Show lately. The old comedies are also good: Get Smart, Jack Benny, etc.
Dostoyevsky, Daniel Kharms, Ibn Arabi, Venedikt Erofeyev, Nikolai Erdman, Amin Maalouf, Karel Capek, Slavoj Zizek, Hafiz, Dumas, Joseph Conrad, Rushdie, Syl Cheney-Coker, Pavel Sanaev, Dambudzo Marechera, Peter Lamborn Wilson...