Ivan Civic – the artist superhero – limited edition gold
November 21, 2008
And here the fresh new documentation from my last Dubai performance… a comic figure… as if pressed to the wall just like drawn heros are pressed to their two dimensional worlds and rectangle shape boxes…
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ENJOY 
Dear friends,
Here are more images of the performance: “THE ARTIST SUPERHERO – LIMITED EDITION GOLD“, fom Dubai. As I said Before, the entire process of creating this piece was hard and long. Since it was an artist exchange program, I had to develop my entire work in Dubai, in a limited time only. So I guess I knew Read the rest of this entry »
Dear friends,
Wel well well… I am in Dubai right now and just finished performing last night at the Tashkeel art center. I have been in Dubai for the past six days and have been working form 9am to midnight aproximetely! It was exhausting, but I had to get everything ready for the performance I was planning on doing. I had to go around the city and film different skyline views of Dubai, then I went to film artificial buildings, put them all together in one video and added a lot of 2D animation to wrap it up in a video-game style piece with a lot of comic superhero effects… sprayed and painted with gold 100 canvases and stuck them to the wall where the projection was and all took place in such a fast rhythm that I was “overpowered”…
The image you can see here is a still from my video. Real Dubi landscpes blend in with my toys sprayed in gold… it’s all so electric…
Coming up are more images of the performance.
Love, Ivan
Dear friends,
What follows is the text I wrote for the catalogue coming out for the exhibition “space-tacular”, in Dubai. The exhibition will open in May 2008. More information about the exhibition is coming soon. I will be performing: “THE ARTIST SUPERHERO-LIMITED EDITION GOLD“. This text is an intro and a mood maker for the entire background of the performance…
“I don’t know where the best place to start would be… I guess one day I woke up and found myself in the middle of an emotional roller coaster. “And now you say you’re sorry… You cried the whole night through”. Mina was the first I heard singing that song. After her came others that were good and others that were bad… and then there came along somebody who Read the rest of this entry »
Dear friends,
I am now finalizing the last details for my new performance which will premiere May 10th in Dubai. More details about the venue and time are coming soon. The title of the performance is: “THE ARTIST SUPERHERO-LIMITED EDITION GOLD“… I will mutate myself into a hard working, gold making, blood sweating machine… The anti-hero inside will strike again! Stay tuned for further updates.
Love,
Ivan
