Dirk de Bruyn – I1234m (I want to free form)

Описание: In conjunction with the Drill Hall Gallery’s exhibition 'Light Source' and in acknowledgement of light’s unpredictable and uncontainable energy, the Drill Hall Gallery presented a series of short performances by artists Dirk de Bruyn, Ross Manning, Nicci Haynes and Sebastian Field. Centring on light’s ability to illuminate or abstract, these iterative, improvised performances incorporate sound, film, projection and light.

In 'Light Source' the phenomenological experience of expanded cinema meets the immersive possibilities of light projection. The utopian opportunities opened up by Len Lye’s 1935 hand-painted film 'A Colour Box' are taken up with gusto by a multi-generational pool of artists. Together these artists celebrate the role of light, projection and performance in connection to the history and continuity of abstract and expanded cinema.

Dirk de Bruyn’s improvised performance 'I1234m (I want to free form)' uses 16 mm film projectors, mirrors and torch light to displace light and sound altering the viewer’s relationship to the surrounding gallery space.

De Bruyn is a Dutch-born Australian filmmaker, curator, writer and academic whose work in film spans five decades. His experimental work blurs the boundaries between fiction, documentary, animation, found footage, materialist, structuralist, personal, performative, political and culturally sensitive filmmaking.

Video by Bronwyn Coupe