Dirk de Bruyn Movies

  • 2016
    Dissociation

    Dissociation

    Dissociation

    02016HD

    Dissociation is an abstract materialist film that has migrated from 16mm film to the digital. It is made up of scratches, half-baked images and...

    Dissociation
  • 1985
    Boerdery

    Boerdery

    Boerdery

    01985HD

    A time-lapse document of a farmhouse in the Netherlands mapping the changing seasons, the light and shadows. Made with an interval-meter fashioned...

    Boerdery
  • 2019
    Chanting

    Chanting

    Chanting

    02019HD

    Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

    Chanting
  • 1976
    Zoomfilm

    Zoomfilm

    Zoomfilm

    01976HD

    An experimental film dedicated to the "blink". Dynamic abstractions (created through the use of prodigious optical printing and directly working the...

    Zoomfilm
  • 2025
    Retracing Karkarook

    Retracing Karkarook

    Retracing Karkarook

    02025HD

    Retracing Karkarook stumbles through the traumatised spaces of Australian suburbia, dredging up layers of denial buried beneath the surface of...

    Retracing Karkarook
  • 1985
    223

    223

    223

    01985HD

    "With 223 I used Photographs from my past as a base. It gives the eyes something to come back to from the faster abstract shapes. The Pos/Neg...

    223
  • 2023
    Schists 2023

    Schists 2023

    Schists 2023

    02023HD

    Could not find a full copy of Schist so I uploaded this, an extended and manipulated version to celebrate the beginning of a 2023 full of holes and...

    Schists 2023
  • 1995
    A X Canada

    A X Canada

    A X Canada

    01995HD

    Completed in 1994, shot on Super 8 and transferred to 16mm using a JK Optical Printer, this film documents in time-lapse the trajectory of the de...

    A X Canada
  • 2018
    Chant En Couleur

    Chant En Couleur

    Chant En Couleur

    02018HD

    A caravan of experimental imagery created from reaching deep in the soundtrack area of analog film stock.

    Chant En Couleur