Experiments

de Bruyn uses animation optical illusions time lapse solarization hand tinting flash frames refilming and flicker effects accompanied by a dense atmosphere of word puns dialogue primal screams music and even recycled and letraseted soundtracks By setting experiments entirely within his Moonee Ponds house de Bruyn creates such a complex sense of claustrophobia the spectator while recognising the staid conservative trappings of urban Melbourne is present with the sort of art neurosis more commonly found in megacities like New York The principal actor in Experiments is the narrator whose anarchistic mind ruminates struggles and screams from relief from the ravages of suburban Moonee Ponds and the psychological suburbia of his mind Experiments its cacophony of images flickering on two screens throws up everything from schizophrenic madness to baby nappies inviting you to participate in the cathartic recesses of a personal nightmare Steven McIntyre