Video: Theo Jensen Strandbeest.
Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic tubes, old lemonade bottles, and plastic ties. His “Strandbeests” (Beach Creatures) are built to move and even survive on their own.
His newest creatures walk without assistance on the beaches of Holland, powered by wind, captured by gossamer wings that flap and pump air into old lemonade bottles that in turn power the creatures’ many plastic spindly legs. The walking sculptures look alive as they move, each leg articulating in such a way that the body is steady and level. They even incorporate primitive logic gates that are used to reverse the machine’s direction if it senses dangerous water or loose sand where it might get stuck.
Strandbeest.com : Official Theo Jensen’s web site.
Strandbeestmovie.com - workbook of the film “Strandbeesten”, a portrait of the dutch artist Theo Jansen by Alexander Schlichter and his team.
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