Strandbeest

Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.

These things just look amazing. If you head over to the site, be sure to check out the Animaris Currens Ventosa walking video - I'm not sure if there's actually somewhere in there making the thing move, or if it is truly wind-powered, but, either way, it's a work of kinetic art.

[via ze frank]
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