Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen
Born	March 14, 1948 (1948-03-14) (age 61) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Netherlands
Known for	Kinetic sculpture

Theo Jansen (born March 14, 1948, in The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals and are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering; in a car company television commercial Jansen says: "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds."

A Jansen "beach beast", exhibited on the Linz city square during the Ars Electronica, 2005

According to his website (Strandbeest.com):

Since 1990 Theo Jansen has been occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventually he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.

[edit] See also

• Klann Linkage

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Theo Jansen

• Strandbeest.com - website with video and photos of the animals
• Strandbeest.es - website with video and photos of the animals in Spanish
• Strandbeestmovie.com - documentary film about Theo Jansen by Alexander Schlichter - The website is a workbook with videos and pictures.
• SiouxWIRE interview - SiouxWIRE interview with Theo Jansen (April 2008)
• Mark Hurst (2005-04-13). "Interview: Theo Jansen, strandbeest.com". Good Experience. http://www.goodexperience.com/blog/archives/000145.php. 
• Real-time 2D simulation of Jansen's sculpture using the APE physics engine
• Strandbeest: Theo Jansen from Art Futura, 2005
• "Wild Things Are on the Beach" from Wired Magazine
• Video of Theo Jansen speaking at Gel 2005 conference April 29, 2005
• TED Talks: Theo Jansen on the art of creating creatures at TED in 2007
• Video of Theo Jansen at Art Futura 2005
• Video of Theo Jansen on Eithiriel