Len Lye painted, scratched, stencilled and even cut holes in film, composing motion and colour to extraordinary effect.
Film historian William Moritz wrote that "Len Lye's films constitute one of the most important achievements in the field of Visual Music and Experimental Film." Although similar techniques had been used earlier, Lye went further than any other film-maker with his 'direct' method of painting, scratching and stencilling images directly onto celluloid.
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• Complete Filmography of Len Lye's film work »
• International Distributors of Len Lye's work on film and video »