Collection 1 - Nude – Pure – Us!

144 KALTBLUT
Photos by John Wenrich
KALTBLUT: How would you describe
your own music?
GIO: Loud and obnoxious.
KALTBLUT: Which music is on the top
5 in your Ipod right now?
GIO: I don’t own an Ipod. On my laptop the
most currently listened to are : The Gossip,
Crystal Catles, Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith,
Nirvana and Daniel Johnston. (i know that’s 6)
KALTBLUT: You are working a lot with
Bruce La Bruce. You had a part in his
movie „ Otto, or up with dead people“ .
He is directing music videos for you.
Is he like a mentor for you?
GIO: He is my friend.
I enjoy working with him and I respect his body
of work. He sticks to his guns and I like that. I
wrote “Revolving Door (New Fuck New York)”
when I was in Berlin with Bruce shooting “Otto..”.
In fact the opening line is “We spent summer
raising the dead” referring to the zombie in the
film. So it was perfect when Bruce agreed to do
the video. We shot the video in one night with
the help of some friends and a bottle of jack and
it was a fucking great time!
KALTBLUT: Is there any artist you
would die for to work with ?
GIO: David Wojnarowicz.
I love his mind. Everyone needs to read
“Close to the knives”
KALTBLUT: What are your plans for
2012? Where can we see you on stage?
And will you be back in Europe?
GIO: Literally right now I am finishing my new
music video for the song “Don’t Tell Me Nothing”
featuring Strobo Monsters.
The video is directed by CyCy Sanders and it’s
a really great follow up to “Revolving Door”. I’m
really proud of this video because CyCy has
managed to capture both the aggressive side to
my personality and also the sensitive side. In
February I have an exhibition of paintings on
canvas in NYC at Brian Riley Project Space.
I will also be shooting a video project with Slava
Mogutin and Brian Kenny. I have a couple of
other projects I am working on but it’s too early
in the game. I think I will return to Europe in
April. For my schedule check out my spiderwebsite
www.gioblackpeter.com.
Besides that I am going to drink more coffee,
make more art and write more songs!