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Telescope (2012)

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Telescope

Dirk de Bruyn | Australia | 2012 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

When

Wed 9 Jul 2025

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Scored by a montage of audio sources reflecting on the colonial legacy of terra nullius, De Bruyn’s provocative “documentary” explores the contested space of the suburban backyard and the histories and practices of dispossession it acts to erase. Shot over a 20-year period on a range of different formats including Super 8 and digital video, it is a remarkable timelapse document of presence and absence, occupation and haunted history.

Preceded by Flinders Dirk de Bruyn (2024) 13 mins – Unclassified 15+. This timelapse record of Flinders Street Station over a period of 24 hours combines the contemporary affordances of digital video with the chiming bells of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Program to be introduced by the filmmaker.

Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: Dirk de Bruyn
Courtesy: Dirk de Bruyn
Runtime: 78 mins

Event duration

78 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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