Multiple rows of intricately articulated legs are the defining characteristic of the Strandbeest, but [James Bruton] wondered if he could reduce that down to a single row using the same principles at ...

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 ...

Strandbeests – or “beach creatures” – are “moving,” “breathing” and “walking” sculptures created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. “Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen,” organized by the Peabody ...

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, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Exploratorium at Pier 15 in San Francisco has attracted an enormous eye-catching exhibition that's sure to be an attention-grabber. These things are called Strandbeest, that ...

[Theo Jansen] makes awesome things called Strandbeests; wind-driven automatons that roam beaches and art galleries. It has long been one of our favorite mechanisms. Newer, but also a favorite is the ...

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 ...

We’ve seen hamsters ride around in mechanisms inspired by Theo Jansen’s strandbeests, and now humans have gotten in on the act. Attendees of the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire got to see the Panterragaffe ...

For the past 20 years, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been perfecting a new form of life—the “Strandbeest.” Like a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci, Jansen has applied both artistic and engineering skills ...

Strandbeest is a kinetic sculpture created from plastic tubing and powered by sails. "I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don't have to eat," said Theo Jansen, the Dutch artist ...