Cineinfinito Dirk de Bruyn (1976-9 and 1982-90)
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posted on 2019-03-04, 00:00 authored by Dirk De BruynCineinfinito Dirk de Bruyn (1976-9 and 1982-90)
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Centro Cultural Doctor MadrazoStart date
2019-03-04Language
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Two program retrospective of Dirk de Bruyn's films Programme 1: Running (1976), 16mm, colour, optical sound, 30 min Feyers (1979), 16mm, colour, optical sound, 20 min Programme 2: Discs (1982), 16mm, colour, optical sound, 3 min Migraine Particles (1984), 16mm, colour, optical sound, 7 min Light Play (1984), 16mm, colour, optical sound, music by Michael Luck, 7 min Vision (1985), 16mm, colour, optical sound, music by Michael Luck, 4 min Cha Hit (1988), 16mm, colour, optical sound, music by Michael Luck, 16 min Frames (1988), 16mm, colour, optical sound, music by Michael Luck, 7 min Knots (1990), 16mm, colour, optical sound, 8 minResearch statement
Cineinfinito #83 and #84: 04 Mar 2019 #83 Running and Feyers #84 Discs/Migraine Particles/Light Play/Vision/Cha Hit/Frames/Knots. Both programs are part of a 4-program (#83, #84, #132, #133) 2019 retrospective of de Bruyn’s moving image research from 1976 to 1990 placed in a prominent Spanish international review. The approach to abstraction in this research involves finding the hidden narratives barely embedded in its construction strategies. This marks a return to trauma and traumatic memory as outlined in the work of Cathy Caruth, Bessell van der Kolk, Judith Herman and the neurological research of Chris Brewin, which is also examined in my traditional research. Similar structures and strategies are located in the histories and methods of Graphic and Abstract Cinema in which this retrospective is located. The research questions asked in these two programs are what are the hidden histories of Australian Experimental Film? How does pattern recognition operate? What trace does the forgotten or denied leave in memory and what is its visual form? How is trance created with images? The detailed program notes that accompany the two programs note that ‘This was a major stylistic and conceptual turning point: the beginnings of a recognition of the centrality of trauma in his work and the necessity to connect in a more articulate way with memory, personal history and identity.’ And in Feyers ‘Some strongly negative emotion is powerfully expressed here in a flickering gestural way but it remains disturbingly unidentified and unspecified.’Publication classification
JC2 Curated Exhibition or Event – Exhibition/EventScale
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All films origination on 16mm film.Event
Dirk de Bruyn retrospective (Works I and II)Publisher
CineinfinitoPlace of publication
Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo, SpainSeries
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