Mike from Esotika introduces himself

I’m currently an undergraduate student in the process of getting my BFA in Photography at Northern Illinois University. … I’m 21 years old and only have a few semesters left before I’ll be applying to graduate schools.

• Francophile as far writing is concerned
• Writers: Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert Pinget, Marguerite Duras, Camille Roy, Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, Georges Bataille, Peter Sotos, Michel Houellebecq, Pauline Reage, William Burroughs.

• (Visual) art: John Duncan, Gottfried Helnwein, Marina Abramovic, Hans Bellmer, Thomas Ruff, Félix González-Torres, Keith Smith, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Günter Brus, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Jacques Lequeu, Guy Bourdin, Robert Flynt, Yves Klein, Gregor Schneider, Vito Acconci.