A Movement/Video Research Project, 2000
duration: Long version 13'00", short version 2'30"

Duckcheck developed out of a collaboration and research project with performer Andrew Downs and dancer Rick Nodine.

A little toy duck and a tall man are seen walking, crawling and running through an urban landscape. The difference in size between the protagonists and the movement and rhythms of each generate a dramatic harmony and counterpoint.
Despite an abstract approach to the work the duck invites a narrative interpretation of unfolding events. In a moving encounter between the protagonists the duck becomes a decoy for human affection.

Funded by CHISENHALE DANCESPACE

Screened at
CHISENHALE DANCESPACE, London, March 2000
The LAB, Brighton Festival 2000
Northern Exposure, THE BULL ARTS CENTRE, London June 2001
ALBA UNIVERSITY, Beirut, Lebanon 2001