The Daily Boost #412
Meet the Strandbeests!
Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who creates “strandbeests,” or “beach animals.” His website describes the beests as “skeletons made from yellow plastic tube (Dutch electricity pipe) . . . able to walk and get their energy from the wind.” The “creatures” scoop up sand to help raise dunes to protect the Netherlands from rising sea levels.
Jansen brings a new animal to the beach each spring, experiments with it during the summer, then declares it extinct as he moves on to the evolution of a new creature in the fall and winter.
Do his creations look alive to you?
(My thanks to Theo Jansen.)
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One of my professors introduced me to the Strandbeests. I just love watching them and would so love to meet them in person! What a fantastic idea and creation!
The music alone is transporting & there’s even a link to the song there. What an amazing sight to see. Unbelievable. Thank you for sharing this 🙏