Material damage: expanded cinema

Over a 35 year career de Bruyn’s bracing and immersive work has investigated legacies of trauma and displacement, dealing with the residue of the white Australia policy and his own experience of childhood migration to Australia from Holland. In recent years de Bruyn has presented his hand drawn 16mm animation films as performances, with de Bruyn manipulating the images live, and accompanying them with a live vocal soundtrack. returns to Auckland to deliver an expanded cinema performance for 16mm projectors and voice.