Iztok Klančar

ABOUT ME 

During the process of filmmaking or photographing, me and my performers become something else than what you see before you. We give life to our alter egos, the usually concealed beings of vulnerable intensity, neither good nor bad.

With commissioned work, I make sure the focus stays at the core of the message of the artist. I film artists in their performative habitat. And I make videos about art works that are shown at exhibitions.

After finishing the graduate degree in art history at the University of Ljubljana, I moved to the Netherlands. Here, I found my home. In 2012 I graduated at BA Photography of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK).

In recent years, I presented my work at the Eye Filmmuseum, Center for Contemporary Art Celje, 3rd Annual Unfinished Film Festival - Video Power, Slovenian Cinematheque Ljubljana, Roodkapje Rotterdam etc. My work has been shown online via Melkweg Expo Amsterdam, and at film festivals such as the 39th Kasseler Dokfest and the 38th LGBT Film Festival Ljubljana, where I also served as a jury member.

I teach moving image at the BA Photography department of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK). In the past, I also taught film and photography at BA Fashion Design at the HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht.

I currently live and work in Haarlem, The Netherlands.