FILM

Combining live-action with experimental animation, Portales centres on the Guadalete river in Cádiz, Spain. The river and its surrounding landscape become both a subject and a conduit to explore the many ways in which a place may open itself up to us. Each moment becomes a window — or portal — into the next. The river, the surrounding vegetation, and the animals are encountered then transformed through Duque’s material interventions. A personal experience of a place that is driven by memory, imagination, and the playful incorporation of its material histories.