PORATZ / PATRIZIO ORSINI

Your favourite virtue ::
intelligence

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
tolerance

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
same than man

Your favourite occupation ::
play music

Your idea of happiness ::
when I see people smiling with me

Your idea of misery ::
when people can’t eat everyday

If not yourself, who would you be ::
another common man

Where would you like to live ::
Toscana

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Green and my flower is Geraneo

Your favourite prose authors ::
Edward Bunker

Your favourite poets ::
Charles Baudelaire

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
The Bad

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Girlfriend of The Bad

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Painter: Bansky - Composer: Nino Rota

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Who's wake up everyday and go to work for 1000 euros per month.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
the wife of this man

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
middle eve

Your favourite food and drink ::
entrecotte and Sicilian white wine

Your favourite names ::
Ernest and Lilith

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
dogs

The change you most anticipate ::
nothing at the moment

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
agility

How I would like to die ::
asleep

What is your present state of mind ::
normal, I think

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
ignorance

Your favourite motto ::
after or before, all came back to home

30 septembre 2008

Poratz is a musician, he is actually living in Livorno (Italia)

website :: myspace
website :: electroton

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890.

MONICA GARCIA FERNANDEZ

Your favourite virtue ::
Creativity

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Creativity and imagination

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Creativity and imagination

Your favourite occupation ::
Creative work (in architecture, design, art...)

Your idea of happiness ::
Working on what I love

Your idea of misery ::
Working on what I hate

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I would like to be a writer

Where would you like to live ::
In a penthouse with a garden, downtown in Madrid

Your favourite colour and flower ::
My favourite colour is red and my flower is Mirabilis jalapa. It opens with the sunset and remains open until the next morning. It also has a very sweet smell

Your favourite prose authors ::
Georges Perec, Haruki Murakami, Chuck Palahniuk, Boris Vian, Alessandro Baricco and Douglas Coupland

Your favourite poets ::
Ángel Gonzalez

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Fox Mulder, Shin Chan

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Dana Scully, Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls)

Your favourite painters and composers ::
David Carson, Chris Ware, John Cage, Brian Eno

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Any person who pursues a dream and makes it real, in spite of having everything against him.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Any person who pursues a dream and makes it real, in spite of having everything against her.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Every genocidal tyrant

Your favourite food and drink ::
Grilled goat cheese and lemonade with mint

Your favourite names ::
Nicolás

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
Unuseful and noisy things like alarms and car horns.

The change you most anticipate ::
There are so many architects and architecture students, that I anticipate that many of us will have to change our way of thinking.

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
The ability of making several things at the same time.

How I would like to die ::
Happy

What is your present state of mind ::
Looking for new creative paths.

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
Having a messy desk.

Your favourite motto ::
Find a job you like and you will not have to work on a single day of your life (quote attributed to Confucius)

25 septembre 2008

"Mónica García Fernández is an architect. With Javier Rubio, she founded an architecture office based on Madrid (cómo crear historias) for designing spaces, objects and sounds."

website :: cómo crear historias
website :: myspace
website :: flickr

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890.

WILLIAM BASINSKI

Your favourite virtue ::
honesty

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
strength

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
beauty and fortitude

Your favourite occupation ::
composer

Your idea of happiness ::
my garden

Your idea of misery ::
nyc

If not yourself, who would you be ::
David Bowie

Where would you like to live ::
Italy, maybe Sicily

Your favourite colour and flower ::
turquoise, gardenia

Your favourite prose authors ::
Proust, Genet

Your favourite poets
Walt Whitman

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Harry Potter (at the moment!)

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
-

Your favourite painters and composers ::
James Elaine, Roger Justice, Brian Eno and Steve Reich, Arvo Part, Lauridson

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Barack Obama at the moment

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Susn Bryant, my studio manager

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
-

Your favourite food and drink ::
beer cigarettes and coffee

Your favourite names ::
Vivian and Ondine

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
nyc

The change you most anticipate ::
just did it

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
rain ths winter in california

How I would like to die ::
gloriously and romantically...perhaps a car crash in my 1950 cadillac through no fault of my own

What is your present state of mind ::
happy

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
inexperience

Your favourite motto ::
just because you can do it doesn't mean you should

9 septembre 2008

William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years. William is living in New York City.

website :: William Basinski
website :: discogs
website :: myspace

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890.

PAUL D. MILLER

Your favourite virtue ::
patience

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
knowing when to shut up

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
knowing when to speak

Your favourite occupation ::
thinking

Your idea of happiness ::
getting away from everything

Your idea of misery ::
having to deal with alot of stupid people all the time

If not yourself, who would you be ::
Nikola Tesla

Where would you like to live ::
dark side of the moon

Your favourite colour and flower ::
blue and my favorite flower: the chrysanthemum

Your favourite prose authors ::
Phyllis Wheatley, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Martin Cruz Smith, William Gibson, Samuel Delaney, Haruki Murakami, Dostoyevsky, Frantz Fanon, Jean Paul Sartre, Pat Cadigan, Gertrude Stein, Zora Neale Hurston

Your favourite poets ::
Rimbaud, Valery, Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Raskolinikov, the invisible man, Godot

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Yoko Ono, Molly Millions aka Sally Shears

Your favourite painters and composers ::
John Luther Adams, Varese, William Grant Still, Halim el Dabh, John Cage, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Steve Reich, Carl Craig, Isaac Hayes, Basquiat, Ad Rheinhardt, David Hammons,

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Ho Chi Minh

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Michelle Obama, Angela Davis

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
GW Bush, Hitler, Vichy regime

Your favourite food and drink ::
crispy duck, Jamaican jerk chicken

Your favourite names ::
Wilson Scott Smith Miller

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
dumb racist people

The change you most anticipate ::
awareness

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
patience

How I would like to die ::
at peace

What is your present state of mind ::
hopeful

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
timidity

Your favourite motto ::
plus ca change

30 aout 2008

Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York.

website :: sound unbound
website :: DJ Spooky
website :: discogs
website :: myspace

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890