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"Wand Dance" at the Len Lye Centre
Project type
Sculpture commission
Location
Len Lye Centre, New Zealand
Date
2018
Role
Curator
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Photography credit
Sam Hartnett
Engineered by the Len Lye Foundation, "Wand Dance" was the first in a series of three new large scale kinetic works commissioned for the Len Lye Centre following its opening in 2015.
Len Lye fans will be familiar with Lye’s Bell Wand – a 3.4-metre tall dancing wand topped with a shimmering set of sleigh bells. Resembling a dancing figure, "Bell Wand" was one of Lye's favourite works on account of the boisterous sounds it produced. This new Wand Dance presents seven Bell Wands swaying, shaking and shimmying in a group composition – a tell-tale sign of Lye's mind at work where bigger is often better. Walking among the seven wands, you will experience one of Lye's most absorbing projects, surrounded by his dancing figures as if inside a dance itself.