#museum of moving image

[randimason]

Damn. This has been at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens since September!

“LAIKA: Life in Stop Motion invites visitors of all ages to appreciate the painstaking work of stop-motion animation, with eight animation stations equipped with 2-D LAIKA character figures and environments that visitors can use to experiment with and create their own short films, then share and post online. The exhibit also includes puppets, sets, and video clips from all five of the studio’s renowned films.”

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1218

The original Java Muppets from 1965 are on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.

Source:

Museum of the Moving Image. The Jim Henson Exhibition. Java Muppet. https://movingimage.org/event/the-jim-henson-exhibition/.

[garadinervi]

Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022)

♥

(image: Angelo Badalamenti. Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY)

[tourist-gengar]

“Hey guys, Zak and Pixie here! Cali told us that today is Jim Henson’s birthday, and while we were on our trip to New York, we visited this museum that had an exhibit all about his work! So here’s some of the pictures Cali took. They don’t have us in them, but we figured you all would enjoy them anyway!”

The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image (@movingimagenyc ) was one of the things I was most excited for during our trip; I was already a fan of Sesame Street and the Muppets as a kid, and I even came to love some of Jim Henson’s earlier work like the commercials for Wilkins Coffee (seriously, look the Wilkins Coffee commercials up, they are hilarious, sometimes unhinged, and I love them), and the cult classic Labyrinth as I grew up.

The exhibit itself was incredible, there were even a few hands on activities like a booth where you get to puppeteer the way Muppeteers do, and building your own Muppet (note: the Muppet torso is connected to a table, so no, you don’t get to take it home). Unfortunately the playback on my sister and I’s attempt at puppeteering played back at like 2 frames a second instead of smoothly like the live feed we were watching while performing.

It was so interesting to see concept art of some of the characters they had on display (and some they didn’t), they even had little video screens to show you what the characters looked like in action.

Of course there were large sections dedicated to his most notable works, Sesame Street and the Muppet Show, there was some Fraggle Rock too, but I’m not as familiar with it (will definitely try finding episodes somewhere, though).

And I was quite happy to see Sarah and Jareth’s outfits on display. Maybe someday I can go to the museum that has their masquerade ball costumes.

“Oh yes, please! More trips to plan for! Oh! Sorry! I’ll go now.”

You’re fine Zak. Now, where was I? Ah, yes.

They had this beautiful version of Miss Piggy from The Muppets Take Manhattan, as well as concept art and magazine covers.

I have a few more pictures from the Museum of the Moving Image, but seeing as tumblr will only let me post 10 images per post, I will leave you with this picture of Kermit the Frog, sitting beside Jim Henson’s headset.

Happy birthday, Mr. Henson. I hope wherever you are, you know just how much joy you brought into the world.

[radarsteddybear]

And, of course, no Jim Henson exhibit is complete without Muppets from The Muppet Show! This year, I got to see three different Kermit the Frogs, including the original; Rowlf; Statler and Waldorf; a family of Koozbanians; the Swedish Chef; the original Java puppets; Bunsen and Beaker; the Country Trio; Miss Piggy (in her wedding dress from The Muppets Take Manhattan); Zoot; and Scooter. Aside from all the Kermits, I think the Country Trio were my favorites. If they look familiar, you're not mistaken--they're made in the likenesses of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson.

Bonus puppets under the cut include the Beautiful Day monster; a Snowth; You Are My Sunshine; Nigel (The Muppet Show's orchestra conductor); and Wilkins and Wontkins from the Henson-produced series of Wilkins Coffee commercials.

[blackscarabfilmz]

Tag yourself I'm #4

[junk-culture]

where are you Deleted User

[writeyourletters-inthesand]

statler and waldorf in the snl audience for MARVEL TEAM-UP #74 (1978)

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

Ok new icon because my friend went through moonknights comicartfans search and found possibly the most important image of Moonknight ever made. Under the cut. NSFW.

By Bill Sienkiewicz.

[cookinguptales]

OH, I FORGOT TO SHOW YOU THE LAIKA PHOTOS

So I did end up going to see ParaNorman at MOMI! And I got to see their little LAIKA exhibit, too!

I spent so much time oohing and ahhing over these puppets. They're so beautiful IRL. So detailed. I've wanted to see these up close for literally over a decade, and when I say I cried. lmao

(look at my son, Norman!!! and his little SHOES!!!)

(I remember watching a clip of a woman knitting Coraline's sweater on needles that were the width of human hair, and I've been obsessed with LAIKA's sartorial choices ever since. My god, the detail!)

(idk if a lot of people know how much LAIKA absolutely revolutionized the industry with their 3D-printed faces and inner mechanisms, but I'm obsessed)

(god the DETAIL in their sets, I was losing my mind)

IN CONCLUSION, I was very happy and an absolute geek and openly weeping during ParaNorman, lmao. A very fun day at the museum.

BONUS:

grumpin with the boys

he IS big!!! he's so big IRL!

bork bork bork

chilling with my favorite frog in the world

if taking selfies with muppets is wrong I don't wanna be right

[theyearpunkbroke]

de niro’s wigs at the museum of the moving image !

[k-star-holic]

EXO Suho ⁇ Kim Hie-jae, ⁇ Mozart! ⁇ Museum of the Moving Image poster

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

[radarsteddybear]

I got to see in-person Fraggles this year! Gobo, Uncle Traveling Matt, and Cantus are at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens (along with three Doozers and Convincing John, who for some reason is displayed elsewhere in the exhibit), and Red and Wembley were part of The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited, the MOMI's traveling Jim Henson exhibit. Now that that exhibit's reached the end of its tour, I'm curious to see what's going to happen to it 🤔

Bonus Doozers and Convincing John underneath the cut:

[o-the-mts]

One of the highlights of visiting the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image was hearing this conversation between two young women:

“Look, there’s Miss Piggy.”

“She looks so … beautiful!”

“Yes!”

[therabbitsmuse]

:) | Museum of the Moving Image

[studymoons]

11.26.22

it was the last day of thanksgiving break, so we decided to head down to the museum of the moving image. it was absolutely wonderful learning so much about the history of film and seeing all the technical components that go on behind the scenes. they had an ongoing zombie exhibit that i was sadly a little too scared to walkthrough and a laika exhibit that i was ridiculously excited about. they even had a station where people could make their own mini stop-motion films. the day was completely lovely and i even made a stop at my favorite french bakery after lunch. even though it was meant to be a relaxing day, there were still times when i thought that i should be studying and doing practice questions. but this was the first day all school-year that i hadn’t done any studying and probably one of the few last chances i’d have to do so before i start clinical rotations. so in the end im rather glad i ended up enjoying my day to the fullest