Len Lye (1901-1980)
New Zealand, United States of America
Universe 1963
steel, wood and electromagnets
Edmiston Trust Collection
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
purchased 1995
The 6.7 metre steel band of Universe is softened and manipulated by electromagnets hidden in the sculpture's base. In motion, this work is as much a musical instrument as a sculpture. Len Lye was a pioneer of boundary-crossing Kinetic art and hand-drawn animated films who spent most of his life in New York. Lye's own restless energy was matched by his experiments with 'art that moves'. Universe's vibrations evoke planetary orbits and dancing electrons, telescoping macro and micro together into a 'figure of motion'.
Filmed 1st January 2013.
31 дек 2012
