Tribute to Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures

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Comment by Vishwa Abhikrishna on February 1, 2012 at 6:55pm

Just great spirit :)

Comment by Katja on February 1, 2012 at 2:45am

Thank you. It's great

Comment by Catherine Mascrès on January 31, 2012 at 10:19am

Thank you for sharing this great work.

Comment by Irit Hakim-Keller on January 30, 2012 at 12:12am

Like it, LOVE it and shared it:)

thanks.

Comment by Milivoj Šegan on January 29, 2012 at 2:23pm

Simply put, what is it art? In this case it is related to the issue, what is life? And ultimately, what is heat? It in this case arises from the kinetics, resistance to all that is facing the potential into kinetic energy. This means that they are moving. Every movement of the thermal manifestations due to resistance. Within 2 forces acting on the matter on Earth. Other attributes of the visual type, aesthetics are subject to a mechanical device called a reptile creations from the mind of man, than as an aesthetic category, more like an intellectual work, a relation to the above questions? In addition to the light (wave-particle) and the heat, nothing does not exist in the energy field and the Basic Elements of all, the so-called Universe in which we exist and our awareness of it.? This gentleman  wery good knows this .. just an Enforcement,in our mind,,about All so called human Art.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 29, 2012 at 11:29am

My favourite contemporary science-artist - Theo Jansen:
Theo Jansen was born in 1948, in Scheveningen in the Netherlands. He grew up with a knack for both physics and art, and studied physics at the University of Delft. While at Delft, Jansen was involved in many projects that involved both art and technology, including a paint machine and a UFO. In 1990, he began what he is known for today: building large animals out of PVC that are able to live on their own. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering; in a car company (BMW) television commercial Jansen says: "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds." He strives to equip his creations with their own artificial intelligence so they can avoid obstacles by changing course when one is detected, such as the sea itself.

He uses wind energy to drive these sculptures!