Lye Work on the History Database Project continues. This database features links to online information on the artists, their works, sources for films and videotapes, schedules of screenings, exhibitions and other events. The database itself will be online eventually. In the meantime, you will find a small sample of links here.
Light is the artist's sole medium of expression.
He must mold it by optical means, almost as a sculptor models clay. He must add colour, and finally motion to his creation. Motion, the time dimension, demands that he must be a choreographer in space. The flood of feeling created through music intensified the feeling and effectiveness of this graphic cinematic expression, and helped to make understandable the absolute film. Under the guidance of music, which was already highly developed there came the speedy discovery of new laws - the application of acoustical laws to optical expression was possible.