After Utopia
Iztok Kovač
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Point Supreme
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In 1993 a choreographer, teacher and dancer Iztok Kovač established the international dance company En-Knap in Leuven, Belgium, under the wings of the Klapstuk Festival; a year later the group moved its headquarters to Ljubljana, where he established EN-KNAP Productions. After 14 years of project-based work, Kovač founded in 2007 the international dance company EnKnapGroup, the first permanent ensemble for contemporary dance in Slovenia, which began working on a repertory basis. Two years later EN-KNAP Productions was entrusted with the management of the Španski Borci Cultural Centre in Ljubljana, where Kovač is the artistic director and programr of the domestic and international program. In addition to 32 of his own projects, artistic direction and pedagogical work, his opus also includes six dance films. Kovač has received numerous domestic and international awards for his work.
Point Supreme Architects was founded in Rotterdam in 2008 by Konstantinos Pantazis and Marianna Rentzou and is now based in Athens. After studying in Athens Konstantinos Pantazis did a Master of Excellence in Architecture at The Berlage Institute Rotterdam; Marianna Rentzou did a Master of Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, followed by further studies at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Their work integrates research, architecture, urbanism, landscape and urban design and includes self-initiated projects for the city. They exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2012, were named among the 20 most influential personalities in Greece by the biggest Greek daily, and are included in Wallpaper magazine's Architects Directory for 2015. “Athens Projects”, a book dedicated to their work, was published in 2015. They are currently building projects in Athens and on the Greek islands.
Works on display
Tiny Museum
glass pavilion, Trbovlje
Point Supreme
Just what is it that makes today's Trbovlje so different, so appealing?
billboard, Trbovlje
Ground Action
The installation set in MAO and designed by Point Supreme architects includes:
Curtain of extraordinary beings
Point Supreme
in Trbovlje
video
Locument
Green grasses, Few Summers After
Gaja Mežnarič
Curtain Calling
video
Museo Wunderkammer
Dancing the Monument
Museo Wunderkammer
The After Utopia Critical Set
Salottobuono
Racing Suit by Dr. Bobo
Soft Baroque
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