#sandbeast

[autisticbee]

"Numerous specimen of the Strandbeest evolution on music of Khachaturian's Spartacus. 

It open the archives of fossils. Theo Jansen's work since 1990. He tries to make new forms of live on beaches. His animals get their energy from the wind so they don't have to eat. In the future he wants to put out in herds." (x)

"- the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own." (x)

[architecturethatbleeds]

'Sandbeasts' created by artist and sculptor Theo Jansen, powered only by the wind 

[outthereorbitingaround]

Thanks, QI. This is creepily fascinating.

[ixcaliber]

This is quite interesting.

To clarify, this is a Strandbeest or Sandbeast. It is a form of artificial life created and designed by Theo Jansen. It is made from piping, wood and wing like sails. It is powered by wind and capable of reacting to changes in its environment (one model is capable of anchoring itself to its environment in the event of a storm) and of storing air pressure which it can use to power itself in the absence of wind.