annihilation

General

I love books, comics, cinema and videogames. I’m drawn to art and stories that take their time, that explore identity, memory, alienation, and the quieter sides of being human rather than offering easy answers. I tend to connect with works that are introspective, patient, and emotionally attentive; works that observe rather than explain, and that leave space for interpretation. Despite my tastes I don’t see myself as dark or pessimistic, just thoughtful. I appreciate slowness, ambiguity, and honesty, and I’m interested in people who are willing to reflect on themselves and the world with the same care. Other hobbies I'm interested in are writing, videogame development, board games and in general finding analog or more creative alternatives to the digital world (I despise the current state of mainstream internet).

Music

Even though music isn't my favorite form of art I still appreciate it deeply. I'm mostly into alternative rock, post-punk, art pop, eletronic, ambient, jazz and hip-hop. Some artists I like: Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Burial, Duster, Floating Points, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Have a Nice Life, Interpol, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Kino, Lorn, Miles Davis, Nujabes, Pavement, Portishead, Radiohead, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sea Power, Sewerslvt/Cynthoni, Silver Mt. Zion, Swans, The Sound, William Basinski.

Movies

My favorite director is Edward Yang: I won't even attempt to name all the films I love. Here are some of my favorite directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Andrei Tarkovsky, Béla Tarr, Hayao Miyazaki, Ingmar Bergman, John Cassavetes, Mamoru Oshii, Robert Bresson, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-wai, Yasujiro Ozu.

Television

I don't watch TV series that much. I used to watch a lot of anime but not so much nowadays. Serial Experiments Lain is my favorite series. Some other series I like: Berserk (1997), Black Mirror (hit or miss), BoJack Horseman, Chernobyl, Daredevil (the Netflix run, Born Again is awful), Ergo Proxy, Jujutsu Kaisen, Madoka Magica, Mr. Robot, Mushishi, Scavenger's Reign, The Twilight Zone, True Detective.

Books

Books are my obsession... And this guy only made it worse: There are too many books I love for me to name them all. I'm into literary fiction, science-fiction, poetry and philosophy. Some of my favorite writers and thinkers are Arthur Schopenhauer, Charles Baudelaire, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Georg Trakl, Georges Bataille, Marcel Proust, Philip K. Dick, Rainer Maria Rilke, Stanisław Lem (pictured above), Strugatsky brothers, Virginia Woolf, Yukio Mishima. In terms of comics I like Barry Windsor-Smith, Enki Bilal, Hugo Pratt, Jean Giraud, Naoki Urasawa, Philippe Druillet, Tsutomu Nihei, Shūzō Oshimi (probably my favorite mangaka).

Heroes

Of course these three.