2 shorts by Len Lye

[auess]

found some links of Len Lye's shortfilm. Thanks seul, i saw you has only full source in Tattoo.
another one has full source too.


Trade Tattoo (1937)
still from hand painted and stencilled film
IMDB

Len.Lye.-.1937.-.Trade.tattoo.mpg


Particles in Space (1966)
black and white, 16mm, his last work.

Particles.in.Space.(Len.Lye,.1966).avi

[citovel]

Thanks auess... i have a very little excerpt from the first short film recorded from the MTV, many years ago. And expected a day like this one. thx.

[Luxor]

Thanks.

[FromLostToTheRiver]

both links clicked. Thanks.

[heavymetalparkinglot]

heres another Len Lye film,

Len.Lye.-.1936.-.Rainbow.Dance.mpg

Rainbow Dance (5', colour, sound, 1936, UK)

Dancer Rupert Doone appears as a silhouette performing various actions against stylised backgrounds; and cartoon drawings are combined with live action. The film was shot in black and white - using black and white backdrops - then "colourised" in the laboratory by manipulating the three separate strips of Gasparcolor film. At the time this was an astonishingly original way to make a colour film - and Lye saw it as an opportunity to transform "realism" into colour "hieroglyphics" The film, sponsored by John Grierson's G.P.O. Film Unit, had an enthusiastic premiere at the 1936 Venice Film Festival and its imagery has been often imitated.

[auess]

heres another Len Lye film.....

ThanksU.
btw: is this the same with norman mclaren's 1936 rainbow dance?(i think already got it...)
NORMAN.MCLAREN-Rainbow.Dance.(1936).mpg

[Faeton]

McLaren´s and Lye´s are the same file. Same size and hash...

[heavymetalparkinglot]

hmm indeed....

"Len Lye was already working under Grierson at the GPO when McLaren arrived there, but it was under Grierson's successor Cavalcanti that he made his first direct-film, Love on a Wing (1938). Using continually metamorphosing symbols, drawn directly onto the film stock against photographed multi-plane backgrounds, the film publicised the air mail service. The film was clearly influenced by the example of Lye, whose Colour Box and Rainbow Dance McLaren admired greatly. It was also the last film he made for the GPO before immigrating to America."
http://www.mic.org.nz/public_html/13art3.html

i think someone has got the norman mclaren mixed up.

[marcambit]

Thanks again!!! Clickin' and clickin' and clickin'....

[heavymetalparkinglot]

i was searching for Len Lye this morning and came across this,

Len.Lye.-.Swingin'.The.Lambeth.Walk.mpg

also i have found one called "Colour Flight" on Soulseek, hopefully i'll have that soon.

[pilotprix]

forget those files

quality is so bad that is has no sense to watch that. believe me - for example colour box is wonderfull, colorfull piece, hand-painted - and that mpg is like dirty postcard of that...

i'll try to rip len lye's films for you one day - LYE is my favourite avant-garde animator, pure genius

prix//

ps
the only one which is "watchable" is "particles in space"

[heavymetalparkinglot]

[quote="pilotprix"]forget those files

quality is so bad that is has no sense to watch that. believe me - for example colour box is wonderfull, colorfull piece, hand-painted - and that mpg is like dirty postcard of that...
[quote]

wow you're right, i just previewed the one from Soulseek, its nasty! i hope you do rip the len lye films you have, that would be fantastic!

[Cinemascope]

Un poco tarde, pero me apunto a todos estos enlaces.

Danke schön.

[bonzopoe]

bajando, mas vale tarde que nunca

[LauRíSTiCa]

forget those files
quality is so bad that is has no sense to watch that. believe me - for example colour box is wonderfull, colorfull piece, hand-painted - and that mpg is like dirty postcard of that...
i'll try to rip len lye's films for you one day - LYE is my favourite avant-garde animator, pure genius

I hope you didn´t forget about that. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee...

[marvin2kk]

8O Downloading, the gold key goes to heavymetalparkinglot and auess.

click!!!!

[Bemol]

A quien le interese, acabo de poner a compartir A Colour Box de Len Lye.

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye (July 5, 1901 - May 15, 1980), was a New Zealand sculptor, artist, writer and film-maker. He was an early pioneer in the production of many colour films during the 1930s. He used the Gasparcolor technique invented by Dr Bela Gaspar.

Opté por conservar el máximo de calidad (aunque el original es un VHS) así que aunque sólo dura 3 min. y el archivo pesa 148 MB.

148 MB
Framerate: 29.97
704x528, 6460 kb/s
Audio MP3, 128 kb/s

Si así lo prefieren lo comprimo más.

Edito:
retiro el link y achico el archivo

[LauRíSTiCa]

704x528, 6460 kb/s
Audio MP3, 128 kb/s

8O Esos 6460 kb/s son un poco bestias, creo yo.
Yo personalmente pondría 2000 cmo máximo-máximo y lo pondría a compartir cuando pesara la mitad.
De cualquier modo, gracias por compartirlo.

Por cierto, he encontrado estos enlaces para colour box, pero no tengo ni pajolera idea de cómo están de calidad.
Desde luego antes de arriesgarme me bajaría el q compartas tú.
Len.Lye.-.A.colour.box..Free.radicals(1935).mpg -------64 Mbs
Len.Lye.(1935).-.A.color.box.mpg --------------30 Mbs
Len.Lye.-.A.Colour.Box.(1935).avi ----------------39 Mbs