Showing items tagged as Len Lye.
MAR 21
21 March 2013
Taranaki Daily News
OPINION by Len Lye Foundation Director Evan Webb:
The Len Lye exhibition Kaleidoscope, at the City Gallery Wellington, is drawing crowds and enthusiastic comments.
Well-known Wellingtonian Lindsay Shelton, reviewing this exhibition for the website Scoop on March 9, described...
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MAR 06
06 March 2013
With the Len Lye Centre given the go-ahead, attention now turns to the construction timetable.
The Council and Clelands Construction are working through the details of when work will begin on-site for building the centre, as well as undertaking earthquake-strengthening, deferred items of...
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MAR 02
02 March 2013
Taranaki Daily News
By Gordon Brown
Seldom has a community been so divided for so long.
Debate over controversial plans by the New Plymouth District Council to build a centre to house the Len Lye collection raged for a decade and no doubt will continue, despite the council deciding on Thursday...
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FEB 28
28 February 2013
A three-part tender for constructing the Len Lye Centre and improving the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery was tonight (Thursday) approved by New Plymouth District Council.
The tender from Clelands Construction will enable the Council to:
Build the Len Lye Centre building for $10 million. ...
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SEP 25
25 September 2012
Taranaki Daily News - By Hannah Fleming
New Plymouth's controversial Len Lye Centre has been given the go-ahead after securing the full $10 million needed to fund the project.
While a further $200,000 has been contributed by private donors, the TSB Community Trust has underwritten the...
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SEP 10
10 September 2012
The National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries’ (NICAI) production of LEN LYE the opera was a huge success during its four-night season at the Maidment Theatre (which ended on September 8th).
As a “multimedia event,” it brought together talented people from many areas of the University,...
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AUG 08
08 August 2012
North Taranaki Midweek
Kiwi programmes on Len Lye's works prove to be big hit in Brazil
A retrospective of New Zealand film-maker Len Lye’s work was a highlight of this year’s Anima Mundi animation film festival held in July in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Animated films are...
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AUG 07
07 August 2012
Taranaki Daily News - By Hannah Fleming
Len Lye's legacy will soon be brought to life - opera-style.
Len Lye the Opera will premiere at Auckland's Maidment Theatre from September 5 to 8.
New Zealand cinematographer Leon Narbey, known for his work on films Whale Rider and The Orator,...
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JUL 04
04 July 2012
Just in case you missed out hearing the news when it happened, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's Len Lye curator, Tyler Cann, left New Zealand with his family last year to work as curator at Ikon Contemporary Art Gallery in Birmingham, England.
Tyler remains involved with the Govett-Brewster as Len...
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JUN 11
11 June 2012
MAIDMENT THEATRE, AUCKLAND
LEN LYE - THE OPERA
5 - 8 SEPTEMBER 2012
Len Lye - the opera is based on the dramatic life of one of our most original artists. As an opera in the contemporary sense, it is a unique mix of music, poetry, theatre, dance, costumes, set design and film, with...
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