Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who builds walking kinetic sculptures that he calls a new form of life. His "Strandbeests" walk the coastline of Holland, feeding on wind and fleeing from water. He has been working for 16 years to create sculptures that move on their own in eerily lifelike ways. Each generation of his "Strandbeests" is subject to the forces of evolution, with successful forms moving forward into new designs.
He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals and are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. He has created new forms of life with electricity tube, he eventually wants these new creatures of him to live on the beaches and should hopefully be able to survive on their own. However these creatures do have one flaw; it would be very hard for them to live through a storm as they have difficulty operating in water. A sensor on the creature has the ability to detect water so the creature knows to move in the opposite dierction. But Theo has given these creatures a hand in surviving the elements, when the creature senses there is a storm, has been built with a small hammer like tool on the nose to it can partically bury itself rather quickly as the increased wind power allows the creature to bury itself slightly faster than when it walks normally.
The amazing designs by him are completely run by the power of the wind, and the design is amazing that when their feet and when they reach dry sand of the rolling surf, it stops and walks in the opposite direction. These creatures walk sideways rather than normal, with their nose in the air to power their feet. This artwork is down to a very specific science, as the proportions of the tubing are vital to make the creature walk, only in perfection can these creatures walk.
The amount of though and mathematics gone into these creatures is amazing and I would love to see his works one day.
He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals and are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. He has created new forms of life with electricity tube, he eventually wants these new creatures of him to live on the beaches and should hopefully be able to survive on their own. However these creatures do have one flaw; it would be very hard for them to live through a storm as they have difficulty operating in water. A sensor on the creature has the ability to detect water so the creature knows to move in the opposite dierction. But Theo has given these creatures a hand in surviving the elements, when the creature senses there is a storm, has been built with a small hammer like tool on the nose to it can partically bury itself rather quickly as the increased wind power allows the creature to bury itself slightly faster than when it walks normally.
The amazing designs by him are completely run by the power of the wind, and the design is amazing that when their feet and when they reach dry sand of the rolling surf, it stops and walks in the opposite direction. These creatures walk sideways rather than normal, with their nose in the air to power their feet. This artwork is down to a very specific science, as the proportions of the tubing are vital to make the creature walk, only in perfection can these creatures walk.
The amount of though and mathematics gone into these creatures is amazing and I would love to see his works one day.
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