Len Lye (New Zealand, 1901) was an internationally renowned filmmaker, sculptor, painter, photographer, and poet. In the course of his career, Lye was part of many artist groups, including the 7&5 Society of the 1920s, the surrealist movement of the 1930s, the New York School of the 1940s and 50s, and the avant-garde kinetic art movement during the 1950s and 60s. Free Radicals is widely considered one of his best films.
