ON AIR productions

ON AIR productions is an interdisciplinary collaboration project between the director and choreographer Frauke Havemann, the video artist Eric Schefter and the performer Neal Wach. The company ON AIR was established in 2002.

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(Objekt ID 3840)
Object type Organization
Organization type Artist company
Main focus Multidisciplinary art
Email info@onairproductions.info
Website ON AIR productions

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Country Germany
Email info@onairproductions.info

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About ON AIR productions:

Memory
In 2002, choreographer and director Frauke Havemann joined forces with video artist Eric Schefter and performer Neal Wach to examine the possibilities of combining live performance with pre-recorded video material. Starting from a collection of “found” texts, they began to shoot and rehearse. As in a game, rules and tasks were developed which could be followed or ignored. The cinematic principle of ‘the cut’ could be used for interruption or irritation - as a possibility for direct collision and/or an (expandable) interval. The goal was to be precise in timing and reaction, while allowing decision-making and flexibility within the performance situation. Mistakes and unforeseen events (both technical and human) where integrated into the game.

Since then, ON AIR has developed a series of works which investigate the flux and friction between live performance (human time, transformation/change) and pre-recorded material (mechanical/digital time, the option for endless repetition). Within these parameters of narrative and multi-layered montage the audience becomes co-producer, co-writer, co-storyteller and so on.

To expand their "group", the three developed a technique that allowed Neal Wach to play live against his pre-recorded self.

Source: BIT Teatergarasjen, Meteor 2007. 07.07.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no

Own productions (1)
Title Premiere
Truckers & Trackers
Performance dates
Title Premiere
Truckers & Trackers – October 14, 2007 – ON AIR productions
Truckers & Trackers – October 13, 2007 – ON AIR productions
Contributors (3)
Neal Wach – Actor
Eric Schefter – Film/video maker
Frauke Havemann – Director