A single sliding knob controls the rate and direction of time in Sprouts, a time lapse movie that shows a variety of things growing in a single big windowbox. This includes a variety of real plants, and Clifford Wagner’s hair! When the slider is all the way to the left, the first thing that appears in the empty window box is a bald head. When the control slides to the right, Clifford’s hair grows along with the plants. This provides a real-world, very silly measure of how long it takes plants—and hair—to grow. Flowers and veggies bloom and die, chia pets grow green fur and move around, the world outside goes from snow to summer to snow, as Clifford’s hair grows long and shaggy.

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