Jim Henson's "Time Piece"

By Simone Davalos

Nov 16, 02007

This short film is a groovy meditation on time in a few of its facets:

“Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject

It’s also bloody funny. Trust Jim Henson to make high art that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Thanks Laughing Squid!

Art Futures Long Shorts

More from Art —

Nevada Bristlecone Preserve

Enlarging the Question

A wide-ranging discussion with the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats on his life, his philosophy, and a handful of his many projects, including Centuries of the Bristlecone, a forthcoming collaboration with Long Now and the Nevada Museum of Art.

Jonathon Keats in conversation with William L. Fox

Manual For Civilization

Dragons on the Moon

An interview with Robin Sloan on his new book Moonbound.

Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann

Art

Gary Hustwit's Eno

By Jacob Kuppermann

Culture

The Enduring Trajectory of Jewish Fashion

By Em Seely-Katz

Art

The Work that Lasts

By Allegra Rosenberg

History

From Witch Trials to WitchTok

By Leah Hudson Leva

Explore over two decades of long-term thinking

Concepts

Projects

Disciplines

Year

What is the long now?

The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.