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Kinetic sculptor and artist Theo Jansen has been working on pseudo-living creatures for nearly ten years. Dubbed “Strand Beests,” these gigantic sculptors use the wind to walk along the wet sand of the beach in a most life-like manner. Using plastic electrical-conduit, these creatures are constructed from scratch with passive intelligence built into their motor skills enabling them to avoid venturing too close to the water.
Eventually he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.
Artsy with a hint of weird, the Beests will certainly thrive so long as no one vandalizes them. That makes me wonder if Theo Jansen would ditch the “defenseless herd” routine and instead construct a vicious creature of electrical-conduit that attack anyone in sight a la Jurassic Park.
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