Duckcheck

		Video BetaSP 13.00min January 2000 A Movement/Video Research Project 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 Duckcheck is a video opera in three acts, which 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.

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