Celestial Navigations

A speeded-up voyage through the mind-boggling CV of artist and occasional Sesame St animator Al Jarnow.

Beginning with a Sesame St commission about a yak, Al Jarnow established a cottage industry in his Long Island attic creating curious, brain-tickling little films. Jarnow’s handmade riffs on time and space – including the legendary Cosmic Clock, pictured - became a staple of public television and embedded themselves in the consciousness of countless 70s children. They were also the launchpad for personal projects like Celestial Navigations, which relates the movement of sunlight on his attic wall to the shadows cast by Stonehenge. This collection explores both strands and also includes Asymmetric Cycles, a half-hour documentary built around an engaging interview with the man himself.