Thursday, Jan. 22 (7:30pm)
JIM HENSON: EARLY EXPERIMENTS
Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and the Jim Henson Legacy
Admission: $10 / Free for Aurora members 

“Back in the sixties, I thought of myself as an experimental filmmaker. I was interested in the visual image for its own sake―different ways of using it―quick cutting and things of that sort. I loved what one could do with the montaging of visual images, so I was playing with that in several experimental projects.”
—Jim Henson

Jim Henson is widely known for his creative innovations in puppetry and beloved for his playful sensibility. But less is known about his bold experimentation before his popular Muppets and movies sparked the world’s curiosity and imagination. This selection of rarely seen, early works includes his abstract animation Drums West (1961), the Oscar-nominated short film Time Piece (1965), excerpts of experimental television project The Cube (1969), and much more. Many of these 1960s works feature music and sound by electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott. Join us for this special screening illuminating the experimental roots of Jim Henson’s ideas and techniques.



Image: Jim Henson, 1960s. Courtesy of the Jim Henson Company.