The starting point of “Room D: Digital Projects” constitutes the “Küchenstück” (Kitchen Piece) (2017) by Malte Bruns. The initial contact with Bruns’ works quickly leads to a feeling of unsettledness. A variety of severed heads and limbs can be found in his sculptures, videos and installations. They seem to have emerged right out of the test-tubes from laboratories for genetic engineering. Or do these disfigured creatures originate from the prop rooms of horror movies? Does Bruns aim at countering the current omnipresent digital image manipulation with a little ‘authenticity’?

Malte Bruns (*1984 in Bielefeld, lives in Düsseldorf) studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He finished his studies as “Meisterschüler” of Georg Herold at the Art Academy Düsseldorf in 2014. In 2017, KIT – Kunst im Tunnel showed Bruns’ works in a comprehensive solo exhibition. He took part in group exhibitions like “Grim Tales”, 2017, Cassina Projects, New York, and “The One Minutes: The Pack – Impressions from OUR Family”, 2016, EYE Film Institute Netherlands, Amsterdam. He was on the short list of the 2016 Nam June Paik Award.