'1 elephant & 200 ducklings' is a performance on the absurdity of the human. The performance is based on the theoretical framework formulated by Camus in his work "The Myth of Sisyphus and the Rebel Man". According to Camus, there is a fundamental conflict between what we are and what we want vs. the silence of the universe, that is, between reason and chaos. Camus uses the Myth of Sisyphus to introduce us to the idea of the rebellious man.  In Greek mythology, Sisyphus is punished by the gods for preferring the water of the city of Corinth to the celestial radiance. They punished him to carry a rock up a mountain and when the rock is at the top he comes back down. The gods thought that there is no worse punishment than useless and hopeless work. Camus analyses the moment when Sisyphus decides to carry the rock again, instead of waiting there forever. If he does not carry the rock, the rock wins, and the memory of a past lived on earth invades him. Camus argues that the most honest way of living is the one that consumes life by living the greatest number of experiences with the aspiration of quality, becoming the rebel human. As it is impossible,  to reduce chaos in a formula, still, there is a will, and it is wise to realize this finite and limited condition we have.