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These things are amazing. They are walking wind powered machines that truly are works of art. Below is a picture of the 15ft. high Animaris Rhinoceros Transport:
A more common plastic tube construction creature:
The videos are not to be missed. Really, no picture can do this justice.
The artist, Theo Jansen, is my new hero. I wish I had something like that in me.
(Via Near Near Future)
A more common plastic tube construction creature:
The videos are not to be missed. Really, no picture can do this justice.
The artist, Theo Jansen, is my new hero. I wish I had something like that in me.
(Via Near Near Future)
2 Comments:
You might want to take a look at the Fluidiom project at http://fluidiom.sourceforge.net/ which are somewhat related to the artworks you mentioned.
- Johan, http://dev.kanngard.net
DAMIEN:
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THEO JANSEN STUFF ON YOUR WEBSITE. IVE GOT 6 CHILDREN WHO FLIPPED OUT WHEN THEY SAW THE PICS YOU SHOW OF THE "MONSTERS". I TOLD THEM THAT THEY WALK BY THEMSELVES.
FOR SOME REASON THE MOVIES DONT WORK. CAN YOU HELP? HOWIE.
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