IVAN CIVIC blog http://ivancivic.wordpress.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/c0a6d755a05f926a00739423e3ef0250?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png IVAN CIVIC blog http://ivancivic.wordpress.com The rose that travelled to Berlin http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/265/ http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/265/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:58:15 +0000 ivancivic http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/?p=265 ]]>

ivan civic airplane rose

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…

ivan civic rose in airplane to berlin

ivan civic and nilu at schloss solitude

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ivan at the solitude halloween bash

So… I am in this picture… at the Akademie Solitude Halloween bash last saturday night! The only spooky thing about halloween this year was me! Ha Ha… Wasted cannot describe the state I was in!

ivan at solitude akademie bash

 

]]> http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/trick-or-treat-at-schloss-solitude/feed/ 0 ivancivic ivan at the solitude halloween bash ivan at solitude akademie bash I am a MINA fan! It’s as “simple” as that! http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-a-mina-fan-its-as-simple-as-that/ http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-a-mina-fan-its-as-simple-as-that/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:32:33 +0000 ivancivic http://ivancivic.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/i-am-a-mina-fan-its-as-simple-as-that/ ]]>

OK… at point twelve last night, right after the clock struck midnight… the cinderella in me ran to an online music site and ordered MINA’S new album:)

“FACILE” (English translation = “SIMPLE”) is an amazing pearl of modern light pop music! Every song is inspiring and has a depth to it. I actually cried listening to “con o senza te”. It´s in moments like these that I wish the whole world would speak or could understand the Italian language because only then can you really enjoy, admire and absorb the entireity of MINA’S genius! She really is what she sings. When she sings, her interpretations become pure reality and no filteres are posed between her, the significance of the text and us. She transforms herself into a pure medium of emotions and visceral truth of what these emotions stand for.

She is honest and transmits with sublime modesty the simplicity of such emotions… wether they be of love, tenderness, disillusion, fear or sarcasm. The music starts and you are tenderly shaken into MINA’S realm of pure voice. The voice she masterfully articulates becomes a body that envelops you and keeps you warm for the entire duration of the experience. After the album ends you still linger on with her voice echoing inside of you.

It is indeed a magical experience to listen to MINA sing. Understanding the meaning of the text is important as well… because she chooses very intelligently what topics and themes will melt together into one whole album structure. I really feel lucky that I understand the words she sings and that I can open up and let her voice inside of me the way I do!

Sooo all you crazy people out there… yes… I am a MINA fan and always will be! I am proud to say it and more then proud to support her, in which ever way I can! So spread the word! The album is on sale as of now!

Love and kisses,
Ivan

P.S. This is my soundtrack to a wonderfull autumn at the Schloss Solitude Castle residency!

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ivan solitude

ivan civic at akademie solitude

Dear family and friends,

I have arrived to Stuttgart, Germany, to the amazingly beautiful and supportive Akademie Schloss Solitude. I will be working on my projects here for a long time and am very pleased with how it is all turning out for the beginning. The spaces are amazing and the ateliers as well. Not to mention the nature surrounding the residence. It´s a dream come true. So a lot of work is ahead of me and I hope I will make the best of it. after the jump, more pictures…

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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: “Il frutto che vuoi”

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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.





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Back online after years of absence… oh well… thats life.

Michael Jackson died and that sucks! I am very sad and still cannot get over it after a month has passed!

Whitney Huston’s new album is coming out soon and I am looking forward to it. Don’t mind a thinner voice. Just want her to feel good and have fun performning again.

Art has been going well. The manchester international festival 2009 was a tough venue. I performed for 17 days. I revisited my performance “Back to Sarajevo… after 10 years” and this time it lasted 72 hours! I am now a wreck and need a month to recover.

My nerves on my hands and fingers have been hurt by the endless hours of wall climbing so my doctor said that would take about ten to eleven weeks to heal. But here are a couple of shots from Marco Anelli of my work in Manchester…

I did survive the entire duration of the performance but it was tough.

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli

ivan civic by marco anelli
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bakelit-party

My first own party in Berlin!!! I am thrilled! Hope you will all be there:)
My best friends will be playing:

Pipì de freche, from Paris, Udo, from Tonspion and The delicious trio “Total eclipse of the heart”!

The music will be pop-electro-synthie… enjoy it…. oh … and there is a motto as well: this month: He-Man and the masters of the universe!!!

Kiss.

Ivan

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a short experimental video from 2009 about the the “mechanisms” of the art market… consumer attitudes and bitter rules of the game. The consumer voyeaur will enjoy. The artist is present and will oblige.

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A little gambling is fun when you’re with me…

and baby if it’s love… it isn’t fun if it isn’t rough :)

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