Colour Box: 19 Films by Len Lye

*This is NOT a comic! But in film school, drawing directly on the film like Len Lye was one of the first projects we did! 

By Len Lye. Published by The Center For Visual Music. 

DVD, 1929-1979

19 films, made between 1929 to 1979. The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Len Lye Foundation and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision have released the first comprehensive DVD collection of experimental films by Len Lye, many restored. Features Tusalava (1929), A Colour Box (1935), Kaleidoscope (1935), Rainbow Dance (1936), N or NW (1937), Trade Tattoo (1937), Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1939), All Souls Carnival (1957), Free Radicals (1958, rev. 1979), Colour Cry (1952), Particles in Space (1979), and more, plus early stop-motion films Experimental Animation (1933) and Birth of a Robot (1936). Several lesser-known films appear in restored form, including Life’s Musical Minute (1953) and the majestic, newly reconstructed All Souls Carnival 1957). Includes booklet on Lye and the films.  Does not include rights for public exhibition.

This DVD project is a collaboration between Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision and the Len Lye Foundation, and was assisted by the Technix Group Ltd and the Stout Trust.