Between Light and Trace
Abstract
Peter Lančarič (b. 1989) works at the intersection of identity, intimacy, and public space, moving fluidly between analog photography, staged tableau, documentary, video, object, and performance. His long-term series probe how images rewrite self-narrative and relationships: REM frame treats dreams as cartographies of the unconscious; Anything else or will that be all? (2012–2016) binds analog photographs with scanned diary pages into an intimate score of tensions (light/dark, closeness/distance); The Stairs on a Street Corner builds a diaristic black-and-white grammar of vulnerability; Autobiography 1316 expands self-portraiture into cinematically lit reconstructions where props and gesture carry meaning. Exhibition projects such as Until ___ Do Us Part and The Exposition test thresholds of sharing and voyeurism, using architecture and “exhibition light” to question truth, spectacle, and the ethics of looking. In public space he works critically and participatorily – The Exhibition in the Crapper (an illegal intervention during a mall opening) and Special Commemorative Operation (a temporary memorialization of war) confront institutional narratives. A documentary strand – Coma Vigile and Mapping Another Culture – extends his practice toward care, social critique, and living DIY archives. Across projects he maintains a rigorous visual grammar (situational readability, calibrated light/time) and restrained post-production, joining lived rawness with precise editing while asking what images remember, whom they serve, and how much intimacy a public image can bear.
Keywords
Analog Photography. Diaristic Photography. Identity. Intimacy. Performance. Public Space. Self-Portrait. Social Critique. Staged Photography. Unconscious.
Lančarič, P. (2025). Between Light and Trace. European Journal of Media, Art & Photography, 13(2), 36-75. https://doi.org/10.34135/ejmap-25-02-02
Between Light and Trace © 2025 by Peter Lančarič is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
