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amongst my art-inspirations

Karl Blossfeldt - Ernst Haeckel - Ivan Bilibin - Irving Norman - Félix Vallotton - Kaethe Kollwitz Alphonse Mucha - Mieczyslaw Gorowski - (...and many many more)

amongst family members

Peter Bissegger Read about my father's work as a theater set designer in western and eastern Europe, and about his reconstruction of dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters' lost sculptural masterpiece, the MERZbau.
Xilobis Check out my brother Mario Bissegger's brilliant, ultramodern modular furniture design, with its patented ball-and-string connecting mechanism.
Meret Bissegger My sister, the gourmet chef with an eco/social awereness. Using strictly local, seasonal, preferably wild and heirloom produce, mixing in exotic spices, and providing a convivial setting, Meret creates the ultimate Slow Food experience. If you visit Europe, don't miss her culinary delights.
Dimitri Clown My godfather.

amongst friends:

---- bloggers ----

Apocalipse Motorizado - words and thoughts to overcome the car-society. São Paulo, Brazil
The Nowtopian - San Francisco, usa
Up from the Deep - Mark Ellinger's site about San Francisco's Tenderloin district

---- visual artists ----

Hugh D'Andrade amazing artist and illustrator
Eric Drooker amazing artist, graphic novelist and illustrator
Michael Rauner photography - co-creator of the book Visionary State
Paz de la Calzada fine art, beauty and humor
lArS el fotografo clandestino
Rogue Ruby Puppets, paintings, ceramics...
loupiote.com Award-winning photographer Tristan Savatier
Todd T. Brown very fine art, growing from the Red Poppy

---- musicians ----

Rupa and the April Fishes
Darren Johnston
Marcus Shelby
Meklit Hadero
Trio Garufa

---- communities ----

Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, usa
Ciclofficina Popolare Don Chisciotte Roma, Italia
zonetour.org urban underground explorers - Paris, France
La Fabbrica - Losone, Switzerland
Centro Sociale Macchia Rossa Roma, Italia
La Rada Locarno, Switzerland
Teatro Paravento Locarno, Switzerland
Organic Tango - all Milongas in San Francisco

I'm a minor contributor to these books:

The Political Edge edited by Chris Carlsson, published by City Lights, 2004
Globalize Liberation edited by David Solnit, published by City Lights, 2004.

local time: San Francisco -- Zürich -- São Paulo