Born in California 1951, Katie Duck, the punk icon of multidisciplinary art and improvisation, is nowhere near quitting. With her unrelenting artistry and adamant anti-guru attitude, she keeps challenging the status quo and pushing things forward.
Her Amsterdam home has an attic studio with a lovely wood floor. This space has become her refuge, where artists gather twice a week, and where performances are shown outside conventional venues. Ever since her early days as a child actress, she has been active as a performer. When she founded the legendary improvisation collective Magpie in Amsterdam in 1995, it was passion for multidisciplinary improvisation driving her—bringing together musicians, dancers, actors and visual artists—and curiosity for how live interaction could become a unique ...
