Cathryn Aison and Philip Glass's lovely abstract animation for Sesame Street (1979)

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/03/cathryn-aison-and-philip-glass.html

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[megguspee]

i remember these! I loved them as a toddler/kid because I was entranced with the vocalizations.

[ugh]

Baby Einstein on the Beach

[NickyG]

I feel like I must have seen this as a kid, and it’s probably responsible for my weirdness. Nice!

[Ratel]

Madam Mrs. The Ratel: kids sure had longer attention spans back then.

The Ratel kit watches it through unblinking twice in a row.

[TobinL]

Cool. 1979 is past my regular Sesame Street watching years so I had not seen this before.

[lorq]

Great stuff.

[cnoocy]

The vocalization’s using solfege syllables, too. Every note has its own syllable.

[byron_p]

Trippy!

[CarlMud]

Glass is a national treasure.

[SamWinston]

I’m glad that I wasn’t only me that thought "That sounds like the same structure he used in “NorthStar” "

[David_Z_DazerLave]

Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company

[David_Z_DazerLave]

I fell in love with him starting with Koyaanisqatsi in around '85 and first saw a live performance of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof my first year of college.

Brilliant man.

[milliefink]

Gorgeous. And a great way to get kids interested in the wonders of geometry!

[CarlMud]

Not sure what you’re referring to, but there was this weird one I liked where a dude kept asking “Who wants biscotti?”