Len Lye - Rhythms

The first thing I noticed about the Len Lye's film was that the film itself was being painted and scratched and he did a lot of other cool things to the film that I don't know how he did. I especially loved the movement and flow of it and how the visuals matched with the music so well. I of course noticed the colorful colors and shapes and the way they moved with the music which immediately made me think of being able to hear colors or see sounds.

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