If this had been submitted to a contemporary arts funding body, it probably wouldn’t have made it past the first page. No project plan, no deliverables, no reporting framework — just endless taxi receipts, coffeehouse tabs, and neatly itemized entries for hashish and cocaine.
Kiev Stingls Produktionsabrechnung liest sich wie das Gegenteil eines Antrags auf Künstler:innenförderung der Initiative Musik: keine Ziele, keine Meilensteine, keine Evaluation – nur Taxiquittungen, Cafébesuche und zwei erstaunlich exakt kalkulierte Betäubungsmittelposten.
Kiev Stingl - DANDY OF THE DARK
A screenplay for a feature film by Christel Buschmann. "Luggi" Waldleitner deemed it one of the best he had ever read. Willem Dafoe wanted to take on the lead role. But it foundered on German cowardice and remained unfinished.
Kiev Stingl - Sei Mein (Be Mine)
This song dates to the early 2000s and was written on Milos. Somehow this song breathes the seclusion and detachment of Kiev's life at that point in time.
A kind of bombast and expressiveness that was always over-the-top. And there was absolutely no way to stop or rein him in. His simple singing voice– almost like a choirboy– has a very special magic for me, and you can hear it here in concentrated form.“
Niklas David on "Dein Hartes Gesicht (That Hard Face of Yours)":
„Whenever Kiev would play guitar and sing at the same time, he sang really well and never tipped over into the ridiculous. But as soon as you instructed him to sing?