May the best win!

Dear friends,

Here we are, at the beginning of Europe’s soccer championship, and I cannot but wonder how peaceful and collected this city becomes when such events take place. Everybody is sitting in overcrowded bars and restaurants and there are no people walking on the streets. It’s similar to the state of emergency we had in Bosnia, back in the war days… you could feel the overwhelming energy in the air. Humans can produce a massive quantity of

Performance cookies… the doubts an artist goes through…

Dear friends… or dear diary… cause that’s what this all seems to be going to…

I wonder if what I am writing here isn’t just a self enactment process… who cares anyway right?! The matter of the fact is that I am in Berlin right now. Sam is here… the curator who invited me to Dubai twice already. Now he is curating a show in Berlin. The opening is tonight at 7pm in Emerson Gallery Berlin in Gartenstarsse n.1 10119 Berlin. The title is: FUSION. Anyway… I had a nice long speech with Sam and just one simple question was enough to break

A superhero has to learn to let go

Dear friends,

A friend of mine: Lena Boehm, shot this pic. It portrays Sarah and me in front of the Tape club, Berlin. This is one of the many great pix she took of us. Aren’t we hot?! One photo will make it to the Intro magazine next June. Be sure to get it and read the interview with Sarah and me. The concept was to interview selectors from a couple of Berlin’s best clubs. It was fun and crazy:) Thank you Lena. To see other pix from the shoot, please go to the bottom of this post.

And as for my return to Berlin from Dubai… hmm… what can I say, after each fairy tale comes a time when you have to

When a crosstrainer comes my way

Hello everybody… welcome to Ivan’s hardcore gym experience! Yes, I have made a further step in my obsessive physical needs and longings! I have purchased a fully operational crosstrainer, and can’t wait for it to arrive. You can see the exact model I bought on your right. Isn’t it just dandy?! Now I can add it to my other “sports bench”. So, today is another day to celebrate. The order went through internet and I won’t have to move a muscle until mister postman knocks on my door and brings the 58kg machine to my home.

Needless to say, I have no place for such a huge thing in my tiny flat, but what the hell,

Vote for Ivan Civic on Saatchi online showdown!

Dear family and friends, I have submitted a work for the Saatchi online artist showdown… the competition will take place from March 10th till March 17th 2008. Click here to vote. I submitted “Back to sarajevo… after 10 years…” it is a 2003 performance but I think it represents me well as it is the first time I am taking part in this specific virtual competition. So keep your fingers crossed and vote vote vote:))) Thanx. Ivan