Theo Jansen
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Theo Jansen is an artist and kinetic sculptor living and working in Holland. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals which are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering. In the current BMW commercial Jansen says "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds".
From his website:
Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventually he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.
[edit] External links
- Strandbeest.com - website with video and photos of the animals
- Video of Theo Jansen speaking at Gel 2005 conference April 29, 2005
- [1] - video of advertisement featuring Jansen's Strandbeests
- Mark Hurst. "Interview: Theo Jansen, strandbeest.com", Good Experience, 2005-04-13.
- Wired Magazine Article, "Wild Things Are on the Beach"
- Alexander Schlichter's short film "Strandbeesten"
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