WACKELKONTAKT​ is a project conceived by the subversive Jerusalem-based collective ​OOMVABOREG, ​which is also part of an ephemeral “conceptual-umbrella” organization named ​Excessive Productions​. These and other names are part of the pseudo-cultural activity of a trio consisting of Tomer Damsky, Eyal Lally Bitton and Marco Milevski, joined on this occasion by special guest Dana Tkatch. The group uses sound, light and space as raw materials in order to create objects that are rooted in spectatorship and self-critique. Aesthetically excessive, rooted in multiplicity, intensity and deconstruction, the trio employs physical energy as a driving force, testing its impact on the spectator experience. WACKELKONTAKT ​is the culmination of OOMVABOREG’s seven-day residency at the Center. During this residency, the trio worked in the auditorium following their research and modus operandi. In ​ WACKELKONTAKT,​ the audience confronts a brutal audiovisual flood that acts upon all senses, creating a situation in which the dilemma is whether to struggle or let the body be totally immersed in the show. The combination of light, image and smoke, on stage, are capturing the spectator’s focus, creating a bodily experience based on infinite stimulations and fantasies.

OOMVABOREG

WACKELKONTAKT, 2018

View of the performance at CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo

Courtesy of the artists

Photo: Dan Ben Ari