If you’ve never seen a Strandbeest before, you’re going to want to watch the video after the break. Invented by [Theo Jansen], a Strandbeest is a kinematic work of art. An eight legged structure that ...

How many artificial animals can you encounter on a seaside walk? More than one if you frequent the Dutch coastline where Theo Jansen's moving artworks amble along with the help of their rudimentary ...

Theo Jansen has been creating wind-walking examples of artificial life since 1990. What was at first a rudimentary breed has slowly evolved into a generation of machines that are able to react to ...

Dutch artist Theo Jansen showed off his Strandbeest mechanical creatures on the sand in front of the W Hotel Friday for an event with Audemars Piguet and the Peabody Essex Museum. Jansen, who began ...

[Theo Jansen] has come up with a n intriguing wind-powered strandbeest which races along the beach with surprising speed and grace. According to [Jansen], it “doesn’t have hinging joints like the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. What you want to know: The scoop: Theo Jansen's Strandbeest project is like nothing else in the world. They're sculptures that move with the wind — or with human ...

Theo Jansen gathered with a small group of people last week to bring Animaris Suspendisse back from the dead. All 43 feet of it was standing in the exhibition hall of Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, ...

Massive mechanical creatures meander down sandy beaches seemingly of their own accord, their bodies made of nothing but complex arrangements of PVC pipes. These beasts don’t display any robotic parts, ...

The Strandbeest’s joints squeaked as it walked near The Bean at Millennium Park, its sails fluttering gently as the wind pushed it forward. Onlookers described it as “a cross between a dinosaur and an ...

Theo Jansen's "Strandbeest" sculptures are more like a species of artificial animals than a work of art. Their movements are incredibly life-like. Meaning "beach animals" in Dutch, Jansen's creations ...