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Beach Creatures: Theo Jansen and his Strandbeests

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Uploaded on Sep 21, 2011

This week in the magazine, Ian Frazier writes about Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist who makes kinetic sculptures that walk on the beach called Strandbeests. In this video, with footage by the filmmaker Alexander Schlichter, Frazier discusses these wind-powered sculptures and how they fit into the tradition of Dutch landscapes.

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  • MrIsaacSMILE

    MrIsaacSMILE 1 year ago

    Who disliked this? Weirdos.

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  • Tom Wood

    Tom Wood 1 year ago

    Pathway to alternative energy ;-)

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  • sockfourpoint0

    sockfourpoint0 2 months ago

    Astonishing...

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  • Jake Young

    Jake Young 3 months ago

    Wow. I look forward to the day when in an encyclopedia of animals this creature is there in it. The first artificial man made animals. Simply stunning and breathtaking.

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  • Tim Coster

    Tim Coster 3 months ago

    this guy is a hero

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  • SuperBrokenWindows

    SuperBrokenWindows 5 months ago

    Wind power! :D

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  • Shay Wright

    Shay Wright 6 months ago

    It's a reinvention of the wheel. You're able to move a lot more with them too.

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  • scalporf

    scalporf 6 months ago

    That is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

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  • rsproductions5

    rsproductions5 7 months ago

    yes it is.... you obviously dont understand what he means

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    rsproductions5 7 months ago

    it all works around the fan and or wings rotating an axel

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  • MrRandysh

    MrRandysh 9 months ago

    Some also have tubes at their feet which, when in water, will suck up water and make the strandbeest go in the opposite direction, away from the surf.

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  • stewiegriffn

    stewiegriffn 9 months ago

    lol there is no artificial intelligence and no energy production... you're all dropping random concepts...

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