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Walk With Nauman (Re-Performance Corridor) references Bruce Nauman's Performance Corridor and his related video, Walk with Contrapposto (both 1968). In the video, Nauman recorded himself self-consciously walking up and down his narrow corridor, attempting to mimic the 'contrapposto' pose – an ancient Greek sculptural technique in which movement is suggested through the turning of the hips and legs in a different direction to the shoulders and head, twisting the figure on its own axsis, with the weight balanced on one foot. Nauman subsequently exhibited the corridor as a distinct work that frames the viewer as performer.
Forsyth & Pollard's corridor, in the gallery at the Jerwood Space, is built to the same dimensions as Nauman's - twenty feet long, eight feet high and only twenty inches wide. They then re-worked the video casting a professional dancer, Nikki Trow, in the role of Nauman. The dancer moves up and down the corridor emphasizing contrapposto posture throughout her routine. Click here to watch a 30 second excerpt
Forsyth and Pollard have reframed the original reference using the techniques and visual language of contemporary R&B music videos. The piece is filmed in colour with high production values in a single, static 5 minute take.  Walk With Nauman (Re-Performance Corridor) [production still]
First exhibited in Iain and Jane's solo show at Jerwood Space, London UK during May - July 2006.
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