• Timepiece (1965) is a classic short film by Muppets creator Jim Henson. The sound design is masterful in this absurd take on daily life. [1 of 3]
 

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culture 29 May 2012

by Patrick James, managing editor of VSL.

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  • See also Jørgen Leth’s seminal short The Perfect Human, which offers a similarly eccentric, though less joyful, view of modernity. [2 of 3]
 
  • Henson’s work, by contrast, was full of joy—and free association—just like this two-year-old piece of visual poetry from Radiolab. [3 of 3]
 
  • Images (in order): screen grab from Timepiece; screen grab from The Perfect Human; screen grab from Words.
 
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