May 1st 2013 – labor day in Berlin – a revolution that wished it could…
Ivan Civic on May 1st 2013 in pirate hat
Labor day… the traditional little 24 Hours in which the hard worker gets to believe for a nanosecond that anybody/the system gives a shit about him/her. I never really understood labor day. What are we the people that work our asses off supposed to do on this day? Celebrate our rights? Celebrate our jobs? Celebrate that we got one day off? Use this day to start a Read More…
SESAME STREET and love of art long gone
ivan civic and the cookie monster at the berlin film museum 20.04.2013
As I entered the SESAME STREET exhibition at the film museum in Berlin, I couldn’t help noticing the tingling feeling of excitement in my belly. I was thrilled to see those sculpture masterpieces called the Muppets, behind protective glass vitrines, live in front of me! Then it dawned on me, this is how I should and want to feel whenever I go to see any art exhibition in a museum or a gallery. Here lies the problem: Read More…
CIVIC at opening of the exhibition “STARKER AUFTRITT!” at GRASSI museum in Leipzig, 27.03.2013
I went to the opening of the exhibition: “STARKER AUFTRITT!” at the Grassi museum in Leipzig on March 27th 2013. I was there to see all the amazing shoes the two lovely curators Liza Snook, founder of the virtual shoe museum and Sabine Epple put together.
Hundreds of the most fascinating shoes ever made were protected inside thick elegant glass vitrines as if diamond tiaras were on display. That is exactly what I demanded for the Jeremy Scott x adidas poodle when I was asked by the curators to lend it to them from my private collection. They really delivered a great show and gave the poodles a worthy place in shoe design history!
Bare in mind that of all the shoes that were in the exhibit, only maybe seven sneakers were present, of which only one original adidas sneaker and they chose Jeremy to represent the brand. So it is a great honour! Just so you understand my point, check out some more models present in the exhibition after the jump! Read More…
CIVIC for No74 Berlin event HAW-LIN X IGNANT X NO74
CIVIC space direction for NO74 Berlin for HAW_LIN X IGNANT X NO74 event
I just did the spatial concept and installation of No74 in Berlin for the launch of the new collaboration between HAW-LIN, IGNANT and NO74. Hope you like it! It was a lot of fun! The HAW-LIN boys were a thrill to work with! Really sweet guys!
The first idea was to present the white t-shirts and bandanas in the front corner of the store but as I love multiplying visuals to add texture and importance to the product, I decided to expand the direction and ended up occupying almost four times the space initially planned. I believe in the multiplication factor! It benefits the product immensly wether it be a car, a chewing gum, the next Pulitzer prize book, an art piece or a t-shirt and bandana! XXX
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CIVIC in PINK – private performance SESSIONS
Ivan Civic in pink. Photo © Ivan Civic 2013
Shifts and changes. Test shoot made for new video which is coming up soon…
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CIVIC in RED – private performance SESSIONS
IVAN CIVIC westwood mountainhat ph ivan civic copyright 2013
CIVIC in RED, performed in a secluded mansion outside Berlin! Prepping for the conclave… cardinal red and loads of meditation! With the help of Vivienne Westwoods red mountain hat and vintage wool red VERSUS pullover!
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CIVIC by DENOX – private performance SESSIONS
Ivan Civic by Niz Denox
CIVIC by DENOX! The nail-polish… CHANEL! The lipstick on the ear… DISCLOSED!
Photo by Niz Denox
after a preview of what was yet to come… private performance SESSIONS
Ivan Civic in bernhard willhelm ss09 Ph. by Sandra Gallardo Perez
In Bernhard Willhelm’s men spring/summer 2009… renaissance…
Ph. by Sandra Gallardo Perez
IVAN CIVIC private collection contribution to the GRASSI Museum fuer angewandte Kunst and to the Virtual Shoe Museum
I have contributed to an upcoming exhibition by borrowing sneakers and photos from my private performance collection. This time its a pair of pink Jeremy Scott Poodles, model number Q23499, from the adidas ObyO ss13 collection. The exhibition is entitled: “STARKER AUFTRITT!” (experimentelles Schuh-design) and will take place from 28.03. – 29.09.2013 in the GRASSI Museum für angewandte Kunst (Leipzig, Germany) in collaboration with the Virtual Shoe Museum from Holland. We are hoping there wil be a catalogue too. As a teaser, here the link to my photo and poodle shoe on the Virtual shoe Museum. Hope to see many of you at the opening in March!
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IVAN CIVIC by Roselyn Titaud – private performance SESSIONS
ivan civic by roselyn titaud
Roselyn Titaud made this picture of me… I still remember what I was thinking of when she shot it! Thanks Roselyn! Hair by Persona non Grata, nailpolish Bernhard Willhelm with USLU, pants ABirato, sweater CT NY.
