Iztok Kovač, Dan Oki

Taming the Time

18 min

#en–knap dance films

2002

Walking, the four protagonists are trying to find their way. But in the art of walking, there are seven rules. When one strictly follows these rules and when the circumstances are in favor, the encounter happens. There is a limitless number of possible encounters and each encounter has its own feel. After sharing experience of their journeys the protagonists go their separate ways - heading for the next encounter.

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bio

Iztok Kovač is a choreographer and founder of En–Knap. Following the international success of his solo How I Caught a Falcon (1991), he became one of the key figures in the development of Slovenian contemporary dance. He founded En–Knap Group, Slovenia's first permanent contemporary dance ensemble, and serves as artistic director of both En–Knap and the Španski borci Cultural Centre. His works have toured internationally for more than three decades. Additionally, his artistic practice includes six dance films, international pedagogical work, guest choreography and the direction of major national events in Slovenia. During the Covid period, he initiated Stage360, developing dance works in virtual reality.

Dan Oki (Slobodan Jokić) is a Croatian filmmaker, visual artist and professor of film and electronic arts. Since the late 1980s, he has worked across experimental film, photography, interactive video and feature filmmaking. During the 1990s, he was part of the generation of artists working in Amsterdam at the intersection of film, new media and visual art. Dan Oki is a member of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild and the Croatian Association of Visual Artists. He is the founder of the Association Kazimir in Split, through which he has produced numerous projects by Croatian filmmakers and artists. His films have been presented at international festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Motovun Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Image Forum Festival Tokyo, Pula Film Festival, SEEfest Los Angeles and the European Media Art Festival. His visual art has been exhibited at major institutions and venues across Europe and Asia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka and Kibla in Maribor.

credits

Directed by Dan Oki 

Concept Iztok Kovač

Performed by Aleš Hadalin, vocal; Žiga Golob, double base; Krunoslav Levačić, drums; Teo Martinović; keyboards

Director of photography Žiga Koritnik 

Sound design Hanna Preuss, Borut Berden 

Editing Hanna A.W. Slak 

Costume designer Uroš Belantič

Production collaborators Valter Kobal, Iztok Kovač, Karla Železnik, Jožko Rutar  

TV coordinator Marko Pöschl 

Editorship for classical music - editor and producer Nada Marošek Tomažinčič 

Producer of arts programmes Tanja Prinčič 

Editor-in-chief of TV arts programmes dr. Melita Zajc

Camera operators Žiga Koritnik, Dan Oki, Iztok Kovač, Marija Prusina, Dunja Sablić, Liza Žufić 

Camera assistant Gregor Sitar 

Sound recording Marjan Cimperman 

Sound recording assistant Brane Zupan 

Set coordinator Jaka Šimenc 

Still photographer Žiga Koritnik 

Film editors Zlatjan Čučkov, Stane Otorepec 

Graphics Studio Kobe 

Technical support Filmski studio Viba film

Film insurance Zavarovalnica Triglav

S8 mm lab Kodak S.A./ Renens 

Telecine Artisan Studio/ Amsterdam 

Sound postproduction Studio Ritem 

Video postproduction Studio Kobe

Media sponsor MLADINA

Thanks to people of village Velo Grablje, Vitrum Publishing, STRUP Produkcija, Sašo Podgoršek, Jurij Krpan Oktober

 

Production En–Knap Productions 

Co-production RTV Slovenija

With support: Slovenian Film Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana - Department for Culture