The rose that travelled to Berlin

I left Schloss Solitude today… I will be back in a couple of days. I had no luggage … I transported a special passenger with me… a red-pink rose. It arrived safe to Berlin… thanx to Nilu for the photo…

MINA – FACILE – new album out october 30th 2009

mina facile

Dear family and friends…

before I post any news about maaaaaany changes in my life… (like moving away from berlin!!!!) Here the scoop on MINA´S new upcoming album called: FACILE

It´s coming out on October 30th 2009 and I got the cover image as well as the tracklist… here they are… MINA´S new babies… and maybe a ghost track… but who knows… maybe not… I hope we will all enjoy it!

1 – questa vita loca 3:52

2 – con o senza te 3:28

3 – volpi nei pollai 4:09

4 – ma tu ami ancora? 4:20

5 – non si butta via niente 4:14

6 – adesso è facile 3:49

7 – carne viva 4:18

8 – ma c’è tempo 4:19

9 – non ti voglio piú 4:55

10 – il frutto che vuoi 3:13

11 – piú del tartufo sulle uova 5:14

12 – eccittanti conflitti confusi 3:46

total running time: 49:37and after the jump… her new video:

a first boost of inspiration… minimal… trashy and real!

Dear friends…
this summer sucks…
breaking up if so painfull it feels like dieing! The pain is not fading!
August is a “good-bye” kind of month and it always brings out the nostalgy that will follow up till mid -end october, leaving space to a cold winter…

these days I am not on holidays anywhere… all my friends stood me up. Nobody gives a fuck or is too busy surviving. So now the time has come for me to do my shit regardless of the others and stop saying always yes! SO here I am saying NO to useless phone calls, silly requests, miserable date offers and boring conversations.

I will have my holidays and they will be spent in Berlin, at home, with the phone off the hook and no e-mails and work. No blood suckers around me any more. Just lazy sublime nothing. A soft summer breeze, a video camera, a photo camera, inspiration and me.

Here is a first boost of inspiration… minimal… trashy and real! after the jump you can see the other four parts of the video as well. enjoy.

Geiler Spruch sucht Geile Sau

Hello, here an “abstract” ***** poem. Modern… maybe not. Delicate… depending on the point of view and interesting… not really, exept for the fact that often people do and say things that mean more to them in the moment when they say them, than they ever really do or would to anybody else. If anybody has a similar need to share their own futile exercises in “puke the emotion out the wrong way”, then please feel free to post it/them here.

Ivan Civic – want it, get it, fake it!

The performance… finally the documentation as well! Enjoy.

And visit the want it, get it, fake it! page here.

Ivan

Grace Jones – Hurricane

Beware… Grace is back! You gotta love her and it was about time she popped up again! Her new Album “Hurricane” will be out October 31st 2008… enjoy the single: corporate cannibal…

Sticky and sweet concert in Berlin – 28.8.2008

I’ve been to the concert in Berlin. Had regular tickets and made it to the second row in the golden circle. I could decide where to stand so I went to the right side of the stage, right after the top of the catwalk ended. Its more or less the same spot I went to on the Confessions tour in Hannover two years ago. The stage in stadiums is pretty high, although the catwalk is a bit lower and that is a bit frustrating for the neck. I remember the catwalk being much lower in London for the Confessions tour.

Anyway… The two hours passed by really

I’m back… it was about time :)

Hello everybody:) I am back after months of abstinancy )) WOW… a lot of things happened… and in the following days I will be writting about these and other events:

1-meeting lady gaga in Berlin and spending an afternoon and evening with her… including a rock concert:))) Guess who we went to see?!?!?

2- I finished shooting the Paris movie… well… almost… there are three shots still to be taken and then we go into the editing room.

3- madonna’s concert in berlin… I was in the second row – golden circle – and took pix… commentary follows

4- trip to Madrid

5- new group exhibition in Berlin… opening October 2nd

6- Michael Jackson’s 50th birthday party

6- cleaning the house and getting ready for big changes

7- surprises coming up for youtube… (but they will need longer to happen…)

So here we go… one thing at a time and I hope it will be interesting… love rollercoaster rides.

Love,

Ivan

What’s a girl to do?!

Dear friends,

Day three begins… even though everything seems to be veeeeeery slow in Paris in August… Last night… well… actually very early this morning, we made a first shot for the video… on the balcony… eighth floor. The sunrise was beautifull. I will post some pictures soon.

Love,

Ivan

In Paris, just a quick movie away

Dear friends,

Here I am, in Paris. It’s holiday time mixed with some pleasure working too. I am here to chill and shoot my new video with my dear friend Olivier, aka: Pipi de freche. I will keep posting all the news in these hot Paris days. I landed at about 11 am and made my way through the city’s subway system all the way from Orly airport to the opposite extreme far end of the city, in the north. The weather here is great. I hope it stays that way for the external shots. We did some quick costume tests today and then I basically went to sleep for a couple of hours because I hadn’t slept much last night. Gotta be fresh for tomorrow

Love,

Ivan