Len Lye

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Bells of Atlantis
5.5

Bells of Atlantis

Sep. 01, 1952

Bells of Atlantis

A perfect fusion of poetry and film, with dense layered imagery and music from electro pioneers Louise and Bebe Barron. The writer Anaïs Nin ...
Free Radicals
6.3

Free Radicals

Apr. 23, 1958

Free Radicals

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched “white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches” on to ...
Trade Tattoo
6.4

Trade Tattoo

Dec. 31, 1937

Trade Tattoo

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted ...
The Birth of the Robot
6.7

The Birth of the Robot

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European ...