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.
The twenties of the twenty-first century.
An age of late capitalism.
An age of ruthless exploitation, of devouring the planet’s resources, of destruction, an age of climate change.
An age of water and food shortages on one side, and sickening excess on the other.
The world’s wealth lies in the hands of elites who exploit people globally and relentlessly — and soon, humanity itself may no longer be needed.
Human dignity cries out to the sky, but the sky remains deaf.
The filmmakers raise a series of questions:
Who is considered redundant today, and by whom?
Who among us is unnecessary?
Am I the surplus one, or are you?
Do we even exist if we neither produce nor consume?
How thin is the line between being useful and being disposable?