Theo Jansen´s kinetic sculptures are alive!
“Theo Jansen has been creating wind-walking examples of artificial life since 1990. What was at first a rudimentary breed has slowly evolved into a generation of machines that are able to react to their environment: “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.” From >Inhabitat
These sculptural ‘animals’ are amazing; like a combination of DaVinci and David Cronenberg. Jansen has hit upon a form that resonates with a sense of the future/past as present; fairy tales, dinosaurs and mythical beasts.
from> (incli)NATION via east coast Architecture review
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aitoa // August 29, 2008 at 8:24 pm |
Flash animation of the leg mechanism: http://www.mechanisms101.com/theo_jansen.shtml
Star // November 27, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
Greetings! and test of guestbook, coming up here to show love to the site.,
Maxene // November 27, 2008 at 9:10 pm |
I’ve just been sitting around waiting for something to happen.,