theo jansen’s creations look like a mix of machine, skeleton and creatures from the past, maybe future. his modular systems, he calles forms of life, are handmade and start moving as soon as they are exposed to a fresh breeze of wind. Jansen has been creating and improving the self-sustainability of his creatures since 1990.
“Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.
Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.”
dont miss the idea, leg system, and the storing of wind behind the strandbeests.
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