Swiss lighting designer, Jonathan O'Hear in India

Jonathan O'Hear, an established lighting and video designer is visiting India on the invitation of Pro Helvetia New Delhi, to work with the four residents of the Gati Summer Dance Residency 2010. [dated July 2010]

Jonathan O'Hear, an established lighting and video designer is visiting India on the invitation of Pro Helvetia New Delhi, to work intensely on the visual aspects of stage performance, with the four residents of the Gati Summer Dance Residency 2010. 
The final presentation, 'All warmed up 2010' is on Friday 9 July 2010.
All warmed up 2010 
Friday 9 July 2010
7:00 pm
Venue: Shri Ram Centre
For passes contact Gati Dance Forum at:
011 41825766 OR 9810944810 
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About Jonathan O'Hear
Born in Geneva, Jonathan O'Hear has been a lighting and Video designer for over a hundred productions in New York, Geneva, Paris and Brussels in venues such as Baryshnikov Arts Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Association de la Danse Contemporaine, Bercy, Le théâtre des Amandiers, Palexpo, La Comédie de Genève, le Botanique, le Théâtre Varia and many others. He has worked with choreographers such as Foofwa D'lmobilite (Neopost Ahrrrt) and Rebecca Spinetti (Cobalt). He has also directed music and sports video clips as well as a few short fiction films.
Jonathan has been working on the use of new technologies and human interference such as generating an organic form of light movement and using a track pad to move and re-shape it live during the performance. He is fascinated by how the genius of human imperfection can transcend technologies limitations, and how technology can give us more freedom to improvise.

About the workshop
During his stay Jonathan O'Hear conducted workshops organised by Gati, for choreographers and aspiring light designers.
Thursday 24 June & Friday 25 June 2010
11 am to 5 pm
Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi


This is a lighting design workshop for choreographers, aspiring lighting designers or just about anyone who is curious about understanding light. Along with a general introduction to lighting for performance, the workshop will discuss light in nature and in art, focusing on its emotional and psychological effects on human beings. A non-linear journey through time and culture will take us from natural light to figured light and the creative mechanisms used in painting, cinematography and live performance. In concordance with the multifaceted nature of light, the workshop will be a mix of theory, observation and sensing.
This workshop has been organised by Gati in partnership with Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council.

The Swiss List

Pro Helvetia and Seagull Books London are collaborating over a long-term publishing project entitled The Swiss List. The project envisages publishing books of Swiss origin into the English language. [dated July 2010]

Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council and Seagull Books London are collaborating over a long-term publishing project entitled The Swiss List.The project envisages publishing a minimum of 8 - 10 books of Swiss origin between 2010 and 2012 into the English language for the world and in particular the Indian sub-continent.

Authors and their works that are considered for the project include:
Urs Widmer- Der Geliebte der Mutter
Urs Widmer- Das Buch des Vater
Urs Widmer- Vom Leben, vom Tod und vom Übrigen auch dies und das. Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen, Correspondence: Max Frisch and Friedrich Durrenmatt, Rainer Brambach: Gesammelte Gedichte.

Titles from Swiss literature in French are also under consideration.
For more information on Seagull Books click here.