{"id":41947,"date":"2020-11-11T10:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T21:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/?p=41947"},"modified":"2020-11-11T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T22:03:49","slug":"uncle-len","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/uncle-len","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Len"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While on my short road trip I visited the Govett Brewster Gallery<\/a> aka The Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth. I have of course been to the Govett Brewster plenty of times before, but I hadn’t revisited it since it was rebuilt as the Len Lye Centre<\/a> in 2015!<\/p>\n

The exterior of the building in wrapped in highly reflective stainless steel, which warps your perception even when driving past!<\/p>\n

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The vertical scale is fantastic to experience, with gorgeous acoustics inside due to the combination of very smooth finish on the concrete walls, and the complexity of shape…<\/p>\n

The main Len Lye installation is titled Sky Snakes<\/a> and every half hour there is a performance<\/p>\n

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Beautiful harmonic motion varies over time, throwing dual shadows of each snake on to the ground building to a climax of motion as all of the snakes oscillate wildly! <\/p>\n

More info on the incredible work of Len Lye here<\/a><\/p>\n

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