Peck is a simple love story about the difficulty of finding and contacting other people. The performance starts with two isolated figures and ends with a struggle to make a simple gesture of connection.

The two performers each wear a cone of rolled paper in font of their face forming a crude beak. Inside the cone mask they each have a whistle in their mouth that allows them to crudely communicate and locate each other.

Early in the night the performers are simply placed about the venue, pushing their beaks into the walls and floor. At this point they are almost static, giving the impression of an ongoing, duration piece. They should be placed as far apart as possible.

As the night progresses the two figures start whistling and listening out for each other. With their vision obscured by the paper beaks they try to find each other simply by listening. They move very slowly.When they find each other they try to position their beaks so that the two tips kiss against each other. This is a process of trial and error, the beaks come at each other but fail to touch repeatedly until they finally meet and the two cones connect.

Performed by Bern Roche Farrelly & Yoav Segal for At Home With The Ludskis, at the Rio Cinema, London 2011

Photos by Rowan Spray and Tom Richards