Open to any researcher, the award will grant $1500 annually for the best original contribution to Lye scholarship.

Research can be undertaken in categories spanning an unpublished research essay on an aspect of Lye’s work, ideas or aesthetics; an unpublished research essay building knowledge of Lye’s life and career; a proposal for research in the Len Lye Archive; or an engineering design or research proposal that contributes to the restoration or building of a Len Lye sculpture.

Applications and enquiries can be made to Roger Horrocks, Len Lye Foundation member and the award coordinator on behalf of the Foundation, to r.horrocks@xtra.co.nz.

Applications close 30 August 2024

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Image: Len Lye at film bench, 1958. Unknown photographer. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation Collection Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.