Set to GustavΒ Mahler‘s symphony number 5, watchΒ this recently released compilation video of Dutch artist Theo Jansen‘sΒ wind-fueled kinetic sculptures. He calls themΒ Strandbeests, “beach beast” or “creature” in Dutch.
Want your own? There are table-top versions in kits that you can build.
In the archives:Β Adam Savage puts together a small model, andΒ there’s a narrated New YorkerΒ videoΒ from 2011.
via NPR.
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